Gross Domestic Product

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Ebrill 1991.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of John Maples John Maples The Economic Secretary to the Treasury 12:00, 18 Ebrill 1991

My right hon. Friend is right. It would be a rerun of the last half of the 1970s, when annual capital formation fell to one third of 1 per cent. a year, manufacturing output declined by 1½ per cent. a year and inflation averaged 15½ per cent.