§ 26. Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of the impact which United Kingdom interest rates have had on economic activity in the manufacturing industry of the United Kingdom in the past 12 months. [106910]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonManufacturing output rose 1.1 per cent. in the three months to November compared to the previous three months, and has been on an upward trend since spring last year. Performance has been much better than expected.