Economic Growth (Hansard, 26 January 1989)

§ 50. Mr. Squire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current level of economic growth.

§ 71. Mr. Oppenheim
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current level of economic growth.

§ 102. Mrs. Gorman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current level of economic growth.

§ 118. Mr. Hunter
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current level of economic growth.

§ Mr. Major
Gross domestic product is likely to have grown by around 4½ per cent. in 1988. This would be the fourth consecutive year of growth in excess of 3 per cent.—a performance unmatched since the war.

§ 90. Mr. Knapman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the composition of growth in the United Kingdom as between consumer expenditure, exports and investment over the period 1981 to the latest available date.

§ 100. Mr. Quentin Davies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the composition of growth in the United Kingdom as between consumer expenditure, exports and investment over the period 1981 to the latest available date.

§ 112. Mr. Kirkhope
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the composition of growth in the United Kingdom as between consumer expenditure, exports and investment over the period 1981 to the latest available date.

§ 116. Mr. Arbuthnot
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the composition of growth in the United Kingdom as between consumer expenditure, exports and investment over the period 1981 to the latest available date.

§ Mr. Major
Since 1981 consumers expenditure in real terms has grown on average by 3½ per cent. per year, compared with 5 per cent. for investment and 4 per cent. for exports.