HC Deb 04 February 1993 vol 218 c296W
16. Mr. Hain

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the percentage changes in consumption and gross domestic product between 1979 and 1992.

Mr. Nelson

GDP is estimated to have risen by 22¼ per cent. in real terms between 1979 and the first three quarters of 1992. Real consumers' expenditure is estimated to have risen by 37 per cent. over the same period.