HC Deb 25 October 1990 vol 178 c300W
67. Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the growth rate of(a) total investment and (b) total consumption during the 1980s.

68. Mr. Squire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the growth rate of(a) total investment and (b) total consumption during the 1980s.

78. Mr. Jessel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the growth rate of(a) total investment and (b) total consumption during the 1980s.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Total fixed investment grew by 44 per cent. in volume terms between 1979 and 1989. Over the same period, the volume of total domestic consumption grew by 31 per cent.