§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, taking 1964 as equalling 100, he will publish a table of figures giving the rise and/or fall in national production for each year to date, comparing this with the United States of America, Japan, West Germany, France, Italy, Australia, India and world production, from information available to him from international sources.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe figures available are given in the table below. They relate mainly to gross domestic product at constant market prices, since this is the basis most commonly used in international publications.
1964 1965 1966 1967 United Kingdom 100 102.2 104.1 105.6 United States of America 100 106.2 112.5 n.a. Japan 100 103.9 113.8 n.a. West Germany 100 105.2 107.7 n.a. France 100 104.5 109.6 n.a. Italy 100 103.3 108.9 n.a. Australia* 100 101.1 107.4 n.a. India† 100 96.1 n.a. n.a. World‡ 100 105.3 n.a. n.a. n.a.=not available. * Years commencing 1st July. † Net domestic product at factor cost; years commencing 1st April. ‡ Excluding China, U.S.S.R. and other Eastern European communist countries. Gross domestic product at factor cost.