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14.
Mr. Spring
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are his latest figures for unit wage growth in manufacturing in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.
Sir John Cope
Over the last year unit wage costs in Britain fell by almost 3 per cent. In comparison, they rose by 9 per cent. in Japan and 10 per cent. in Germany.