HC Deb 13 February 1992 vol 203 c594W
24. Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of business investment manufacturing investment represented(a) in 1979 and (b) the third quarter of 1991.

Mr. Maples

Manufacturing investment at constant market prices represented 30 per cent. of total business investment in 1979 and 21 per cent. in the third quarter of 1991.