§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of public investment as a proportion of gross national product for(a) all EC countries, (b) Japan and (c) the United States of America in the period 1970 to 1991.
§ Mr Maples[holding answer 11 November 1991]: Data for gross domestic product and public investment for the period 1977 to 1989 are published by the OECD in "National Accounts 1977–89".