HC Deb 17 April 1996 vol 275 c528W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the level of manufacturing output in the United Kingdom; and what is the average for the European Union.[23929]

Mr. Oppenheim

Over the last European economic cycle, manufacturing output grew by 1.75 per cent. per year in the United Kingdom compared with 1 per cent. per year in the European Union.