§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, from information available from international sources, what was the average annual percentage increase in output in the French, German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian/Luxembourg, and United Kingdom food manufacturing industries, respectively, since 1958.
§ Mr. PriorInformation relating to the food manufacturing industries alone is not available from published sources but figures for the food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries taken together are as follows:
Average Annual compound rate of increase in output between 1958 and 1969 Per cent. France … +2.1 Germany … +4.2 Italy … +4.9 Netherlands … +4.1 Belgium … +3.9 Luxembourg … +3.4 E.E.C. … +3.8 United Kingdom … +2.9