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Mr. Bowis
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest information on the output per hour worked in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Japan.
Mr. Ryder
Output per hour worked in the United Kingdom in 1986, the latest year for which data are available, is estimated to have been about 50 per cent. higher than in Japan.