§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the relationship between the annual incomes of the top decile and those of the bottom decile, and between the top quartile and the bottom quartile in each year since 1986; and if he will 403W give the same figures for (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) the United States of America, (d) Australia and (e) New Zealand over the same period. [92558]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 26 July 1999]: I shall write to my hon. Friend shortly and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.