82. Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish a table showing, from information available from international sources, the average annual increase in earnings in industry in France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Canada, Japan and Great Britain, between 1960 and 1964 and 1964 and 1968; and what these increases represented in real terms, allowing for changes in prices.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe table of figures is given below. I must emphasise that owing to differences in concept, scope, methodology and presentation it cannot be assumed the figures for different countries are comparable. Because of these differences and also because social security systems vary so much from country to country it is not possible to produce a reliable measure of changes in the "real" value of earnings.
The following are the average annual percentage (compound) increases:
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83. Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish a table showing, from the information available from international sources, the average annual increase in prices in France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Canada, Japan and Great Britain, between 1958and 1964 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe table of figures is given below. I must emphasise that owing to differences in concept, scope, methodology and presentation it cannot be assumed the figures for different countries are comparable.
The following are the average annual percentage (compound) increases:
1958–1964 1964–1968 France 4.3 3.1 Federal Republic ofGermany 2.2 2.5 Italy 3.6 2.9 Belgium 1.7 3.5 Netherlands 2.9 4.4 United States of America 1.2 2.9 Canada 1.3 3.5 Japan 4.7 5.3 United Kingdom 2.4 4.0