§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage changes there have been in consumer spending in each quarter of the last five years in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, how these compare with the changes in other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the same period.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe required information may be obtained from recent editions ofEconomic Trends for the United Kingdom and from "Quarterly National Accounts" published by the OECD for 11 other countries. Copies of these publications are available in the Library.