§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing for each member of the United Nations in ranked order in index form, with the United Kingdom = 100, the proportion of the female population who were economically active for the years 1960, 1979, 1980 and the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement concerning Her Majesty's Governments policies in the light of this information.
§ Mrs. ChalkerStatistics on the percentage of women active in the economy in more that 140 member countries of the United Nations are available in the "World Demographic Estimates and Projections, 1950–2025" (United Nations document ST/ESA/SER/.R/79), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.