§ 55. Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the competitive position of British industry in relation to the deutschemark and franc parities.
§ Mr. LawsonThe table below sets out movements in the International Monetary Fund's index of relative normalised unit labour costs for France, Germany and the United Kingdom during 1979 and 1980:
Gross payments £ million receipts Net payments 1978 1,348 544 804 1979 1,606 659 947 1980 1,862 1,157 705 Receipts for 1980 include the advance payment under the supplementary measures scheme of £97.6 million received in December 1980.