§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, 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 cement industries, respectively, since 1958.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe table below contains the information published in "The Cement Industry" by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1969.
CEMENT INDUSTRY OUTPUT (million metric tons) 1958 1968 Average Annual Percentage increase France 13.4 25.4 6.6 Germany, Federal Republic of 20.2 32.8 5.0 Italy 12.7 29.5 8.8 Netherlands 1.4 3.4 9.7 Belgium/Luxembourg 4.1 5.6 3.0 United Kingdom 11.9 18.0 4.2
§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, from information available from international sources, what was the average annual percentage increase in output in the French, German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian/Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom 309W building and construction industries, respectively, since 1958.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe table below contains the latest information published in the Statistical Yearbook of United Nations (Statistical Office of the U.N., New York, 1970).
INDEX NUMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, 1963=100 1958 1968 Average Annual Percentage increase France 79 129 +5.0 Germany, Federal Republic of 69 118 +5.5 Belgium 68 117 +5.6 Luxembourg 123 80 -4.2 United Kingdom 83 121 +3.8 There are no comparable figures available for Italy or the Netherlands.