HC Deb 19 July 1989 vol 157 c216W
2. Mr. Patchett

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the G7 countries that have a higher level of manufacturing productivity than the United Kingdom.

44. Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the G7 countries that have a higher level of manufacturing productivity than the United Kingdom.

Mr. Newton

No reliable comparisons exist for absolute levels of manufacturing productivity between different countries. But available figures do show that in the 1980s the United Kingdom has had the fastest rate of growth of manufacturing productivity of the seven major industrial countries.

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