§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 11 December 2001,Official Report, column 765W, on productivity, what steps he is taking to raise productivity growth to the level of the (a) G7 and the (b) OECD average. [32068]
§ Ruth KellyThe Government's strategy for improving the UK's long-term productivity performance was set out in "Productivity in the UK: The Evidence and the Government's Approach" (November 2000). Further steps to raise productivity growth were announced in Budget 2001, "Productivity in the UK: Enterprise and the Productivity Challenge" (June 2001) and the 2001 pre-Budget report.