§ 45. Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which of the seven major industrial countries have higher manufacturing productivity than the United Kingdom; and which have a lower level.
§ Mr. AtkinsNo reliable comparisons exist for absolute levels of manufacturing productivity between different countries, but available figures show that in the 1980s the United Kingdom has had the fastest rate of growth of manufacturing productivity of the seven major industrialised countries.