§ 29. Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the increase in manufacturing productivity in Scotland between 1979 and the present.
§ Mr. LangManufacturing productivity in Scotland increased by an average of 5.7 per cent. per annum 235W between 1979 and 1987. This rate of growth was faster than that achieved by the United Kingdom, United States, West Germany, Japan, France, Canada and Italy.