§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Answer to the hon. Member for Blaby on 9th March, and pending the publication by the OECD of complete figures for 1976. if he will state the percentage increase on productivity in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, the comparable percentage increase on productivity in the OECD area as a whole over the same period, and the increase in United Kingdom productivity expressed as a percentage of the increase on productivity in that OECD area as a whole between 1973 and 1975.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.