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14. Mr. Wilkinson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the growth of economic output in the United Kingdom since 1983 compares with that of other major industrialised countries.

Mr. Major

Since 1983 output in the United Kingdom has grown faster than in any other major European economy.

27. Mr. Greg Knight

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the growth of economic output in the United Kingdom since 1983 compares with that of other major industrialised countries in the same period.

49. Mr. Nicholas Bennett

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the growth of economic output in the United Kingdom since 1983 compares with that of other major industrialised countries in the same period.

Mr. Lilley

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer my right hon. Friend the Chancellor gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip—Northwood (Mr. Wilkinson).

44. Mr. John Hunt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the growth of the output in the economy.

56. Mr. Gwilym Jones

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the growth of output in the economy.

Mr. Major

Measured at 1980 prices, the average estimate of gross domestic product at factor cost is provisionally estimated to have risen by 3½ per cent. in the year to the first quarter of 1987.