§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the prices of output is represented by the cost of labour.
§ Mr. MellorLabour costs in the forms of wages and salaries, income in kind and employers' contributions to social security and other social benefit arrangements averaged some 65 per cent. of the value at current factor cost of gross domestic product during the 10 years up to 1990. During the first three quarters of 1991 the figure was around 67 per cent.