§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the improvement in the United Kingdom unit labour cost position in the third quarter of 1981 compared with the fourth quarter of 1976, together with the corresponding figures for the four largest export trig countries.
§ Mr BrittanThe following table shows the percentage change in competitiveness between the fourth quartet of 1976 and the third quarter of 1981 for the United Kingdom and the four largest exporting countries. A + denotes a fall in competitiveness.
Relative normal unit labour costs United Kingdom +60.2 United States +14.1 Japan -3.3 Germany -11.0 France -2.4 Source: "International Financial Statistics" published by the IMF.