HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 cc245-6W
22. Mr. Mark Robinson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what forecasts he has made for industrial growth in the United Kingdom and other EU countries.

Mr. Heseltine

United Kingdom and Ireland are estimated to be the only EC economies where industrial production rose last year. Both the OECD and the European Commission are forecasting that the United Kingdom will be the fastest-growing major economy in 1994 and 1995.