HC Deb 25 July 1986 vol 102 cc677-8W
Mr. Gould

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will bring up to date the information on actual and assumed productivity growth in the United Kingdom given in the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 3 July 1980, Official Report, columns 634–36, concerning the International Monetary Fund index of relative export prices;

(2) whether he will bring up to date his rough estimate of the difference between growth of potential output and actual output between the two most recent cyclical peaks on a comparable basis as that given in the reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 22 July 1980, Official Report, column 146, concerning the International Monetary Fund index of relative normal unit labour costs.

Mr. Ian Stewart

I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before the summer recess. I shall write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library.