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Mr. Leighton
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has as to the percentage change in manufacturing output in each of the European Economic Community countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada and Japan, taking the 1979 level as 100.
Mr. Atkins
The information is in the following tables:
| Changes in manufacturing output between 1979 and 1987 | |
| Per cent. | |
| Belgium | 4·4 |
| Denmark | .. |
| France | 1-1·6 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 7·8 |
| Greece | -0·8 |
| Ireland | 46·2 |
Per cent.
| |
| Italy | 8·8 |
| Luxembourg | 21·5 |
| Netherlands | 13·1 |
| Portugal | 136·9 |
| Spain | 11·3 |
| United Kingdom | 0·2 |
| United States | 20·9 |
| Canada | 19·3 |
| Japan | 28·4 |
| .. = not readily available | |
1 estimate | |
Sources: Central Statistical Office. OECD.