HC Deb 19 July 1971 vol 821 cc216-7W
Mr. Roper

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what share of the national income of Great Britain and France was taken by earnings from employment and self-employment in the most recent year for which comparable statistics are available from international sources.

Mr. Higgins

The latest information available, based on returns made to O.E.C.D. and the latest published figures for the United Kingdom, shows that the share of national income taken by income from employment and income from self-employment combined in 1969 was 84.3 per cent. in the United Kingdom and 84.7 per cent. in France.