HC Deb 27 October 1980 vol 991 c125W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage reduction in manufacturing production in the second quarter of the current year compared with the same period in 1979; and what were the figures in the third quarter of the current year compared with the third quarter in 1979.

Mr. Biffen:

Manufacturing production in the second quarter of 1980 was 10 per cent. lower than in the same quarter of 1979. Figures for the third quarter of 1980 are not yet available.