§ 13. Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the economic position of the United Kingdom in relation to competitor countries. [7088]
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§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe UK is well placed in relation to competitor countries, with healthy growth, low inflation, sound public finances, falling unemployment, a competitive exchange rate and rising investment.
§ 22. Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's economic performance relative to that of other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. [7097]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightIn its 1995 survey of the UK economy, the OECD said that the UK was "among the pace setters" in its supply side reforms, adding that
the sweeping structural reforms launched in the 1980s are yielding dividends in a more flexible, competitive and less inflation-prone economy",which grew faster than the OECD average in both 1993 and 1994, and is forecast to have done so again in 1995.