HC Deb 13 March 1986 vol 93 c548W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he collects, an the context of the multi-fibre arrangement, concerning the comparative average annual incomes for industrial workers in (a) Brazil, (b) Turkey, (c) India, (d) Pakistan, (e) Korea, (f) Hong Kong, (g) Taiwan and (h) the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Clark

[pursuant to his reply, 12 March 1986, c. 491]: Data on the earnings of United Kingdom manual employees is published in Employment Gazette. The Government do not collect data on the incomes of workers in the other countries, although some information is available from the OECD's monthly publication "Main Economic Indicators".

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