asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, for those countries for which the information is available, the percentage of gross national product created by nationalised industries.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15 February 1979], gave the following information:The percentage of the gross domestic product at factor cost contributed by nationalised industries in the United Kingdom in 1977 was 9·8 per cent.; the corresponding figure in terms of the gross national product is not available. Corresponding information is not available on either basis for other countries.