"Driving Productivity and Growth in the UK Economy" (Hansard, 23 July 1999)

HC Deb 23 July 1999 vol 335 c682W 682W

§ Dr. Whitehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the report, "Driving Productivity and Growth in the UK Economy", has been brought to his attention. [92034]

§ Mr. Byers
The report, "Driving Productivity and Growth in the UK Economy", by the McKinsey Global Institute, was discussed at a set of joint DTI/HM Treasury productivity seminars in the summer and autumn of 1998. Its findings were taken into account in the framing of both the Competitiveness White Paper, "Our Competitive Future: Building the Knowledge Driven Economy", and the 1998 Pre-Budget Report.