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15.
Mr. David Nicholson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his assessment of the latest trend in the level of industrial production.
Mr. Portillo
The recent trend in industrial production has been upwards: in the three months to February the index of production was1ΒΌ per cent. up on a year earlier. And business surveys point to continuation of an upward trend.