§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the annual rate of increase in labour productivity in the nationalised industries compared with non-manufacturing excluding the public sector in (a) 1963 to 1973, (b) 1973 to May 1979 and (c) May 1979 to the latest available date; and if he will provide figures to show to what extent any difference in performance has been reflected in earnings.
§ Mr. BrittanIndex numbers of labour productivity are published in theMonthly Digest of Statistics for the economy as a whole and for the major index of production industries. Statistics for productivity and for earnings are not compiled for the two categories specified in the question.