Steel Industry

Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report the figures for steel costs and prices in terms of £ sterling, corresponding to those given in his reply dated 8 April, Official Report, c. 477–78.

Mr. Norman Lamont
The information is as follows:the basis of known or estimated labour costs at the current rates of exchange between the £ sterling and the currencies in question.

Mr. Butcher
Information about labour costs required to answer this question is not readily available, if at all.