§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of by how much imports of manufactures would have to fall in each industry to take up the spare capacity of each of the principal import-saving and export industries, all other things remaining the same; [23792]
(2) what estimate he has made of by how much exports of manufactures would have to increase in each industry to take up the spare capacity of each of the principal
Cigarettes £ per 20 HRT £ per 250g Cigars £ per 5 small Pipe £ per 250g Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real Actual Real 1965 0.27 2.72 1966 0.27 2.61 1967 0.23 2.14 1968 0.24 2.18 1969 0.26 2.23 1970 0.26 2.12 1971 0.26 1.96 1972 0.27 1.88 1973 0.27 1.74 1974 0.32 1.84 1975 0.42 2.02 1976 0.45 1.75 1977 0.49 1.64 17.70 25.72 0.52 1.74 16.95 23.22 1978 0.55 1.67 18.90 27.05 0.54 1.64 17.50 22.80 1979 0.66 1.83 19.20 25.57 0.55 1.53 17.80 21.68 1980 0.73 1.71 9.10 21.37 0.63 1.48 7.70 18.08 1981 0.95 1.97 10.10 20.98 0.72 1.50 8.30 17.24 1982 1.02 1.89 13.20 24.48 0.89 1.65 10.50 19.47 1983 1.09 1.93 14.60 25.80 0.97 1.71 11.60 20.50 1984 1.23 2.07 15.60 26.23 1.03 1.73 12.10 20.34 1985 1.33 2.13 17.50 28.01 1.14 1.82 12.50 20.01 1986 1.48 2.25 18.90 28.67 1.18 1.79 13.10 19.87 1987 1.52 2.22 21.10 30.81 1.22 1.78 13.60 19.86 1988 1.56 2.20 21.40 30.25 1.24 1.75 13.90 19.65 1989 1.63 2.14 22.30 29.33 1.29 1.70 14.30 18.81 1990 1.67 2.04 23.00 28.10 1.35 1.65 15.00 18.33 1991 1.80 2.02 25.10 28.15 1.46 1.64 15.70 17.61 1992 2.08 2.24 29.00 31.22 1.64 1.77 18.00 19.38 1993 2.27 2.40 31.70 33.56 1.76 1.86 19.10 20.22 1994 2.52 2.60 35.30 36.47 1.91 1.97 21.10 21.80 1995 2.70 2.70 36.80 36.80 2.02 2.02 22.60 22.60 1 10 ounces Note:
Actual prices at 1 January. Real prices at January 1995 prices, calculated using the RPI (All Items).
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received in the last year concerning tobacco taxation; how many have been in favour of(a) an increase and (b) a decrease in the level of taxation; and if he will list the representations received. [22961]
106Wimport-saving and export industries, all other things remaining the same.[23791]
§ Mr. NelsonThe Confederation of British Industry's April Quarterly Industrial Trends survey reported the strongest rise in export optimism since July 1973. This does not suggest that manufacturing companies are running short of spare capacity.