HC Deb 06 July 1989 vol 156 cc229-30W
41. Mr. Burt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what share of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1988.

130. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what share of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1988.

153. Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what share of gross domestic product was accounted for by business investment in 1988.

Mr. Major

Business investment, as defined in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report", accounted for 14.6 per cent. of GDP in 1988. This is the highest proportion of GDP ever recorded.

167. Mr. Boswell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in tabular form the growth of total investment in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, together with the comparable figures for each of the other major European countries.

Mr. Lilley

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire, West (Mr. Hind) on 3 July at column32.