HC Deb 15 February 1989 vol 147 c251W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries have shown a greater increase in industrial investment since 1979 than the United Kingdom.

Mr. Atkins

Comparable statistics for industrial investment are available only up to 1986 and do not cover all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Of the countries for which comparisons are available, the following have shown a greater increase between 1979 and 1986 than the United Kingdom:

  1. United States of America
  2. Denmark
  3. Finland
  4. Iceland
  5. Netherlands
  6. Norway
  7. Sweden