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I welcome the Minister to planet earth. It is nice of her to join us this morning. I agree with her that improving our productivity is vital, but after 10 years and 11 Budgets filled with complex schemes and political tinkering, the truth is that our labour productivity, as we have heard, is still behind France and Germany and way behind the US. Is not the real issue the quality of business management and, as my hon. Friends have rightly said, poor labour skills? When will the Government focus on that rather than on cooking up over-complex short-term schemes? What does planet Minister say?
I welcome the Minister to planet earth. It is nice of her to join us this morning. I agree with her that improving our productivity is vital, but after 10 years and 11 Budgets filled with complex schemes and political tinkering, the truth is that our labour productivity, as we have heard, is still behind France and Germany and way behind the US. Is not the real issue the quality of business management and, as my hon. Friends have rightly said, poor labour skills? When will the Government focus on that rather than on cooking up over-complex short-term schemes? What does planet Minister say?
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 March 2007
The planet Opposition spokesperson has not seen or understood the impact of all the investment that we have made in skills over the past 10 years. I do not know which planet the hon. Gentleman lives on, but were he to look at the statistics—which are not produced in a party political way, but by the Office for National Statistics and others—he would see that the productivity gap between ourselves and France and Germany is closing. He would also see that we are the only country that is maintaining the same level of productivity in relation to the US as we had 10 years ago, although productivity in other European countries has declined. Were he to go around his own constituency, he would also notice that the investment in skills and education is raising standards and ensuring that British companies can perform effectively with the skills that we need.
Subjects
Germany; France; Management; Training; USA; Productivity; Trade competitiveness
Date
22 March 2007
Reference
458 c931
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
With more than 1 million jobs lost, including NCR jobs in Dundee, all hon. Members are naturally concerned about the prospects for manufacturing. The key is increased investment. To be fair, the Chancellor has been positively frenetic in this area, as every year he introduces a raft of new initiatives, and every year, he and other Ministers spend hundreds of millions of pounds. Can the Minister of State explain why, instead of rising, investment in manufacturing has fallen by 28 per cent.? Where does he think the Chancellor has gone wrong?
With more than 1 million jobs lost, including NCR jobs in Dundee, all hon. Members are naturally concerned about the prospects for manufacturing. The key is increased investment. To be fair, the Chancellor has been positively frenetic in this area, as every year he introduces a raft of new initiatives, and every year, he and other Ministers spend hundreds of millions of pounds. Can the Minister of State explain why, instead of rising, investment in manufacturing has fallen by 28 per cent.? Where does he think the Chancellor has gone wrong?
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 January 2007
The Chancellor has gone right in so many areas, which, for all sorts of reasons, Mr. Speaker, I would like to discuss at length, but your disapproval is the main reason why that is inappropriate. I said that there was a revival in manufacturing in 2006, and we are spending a great deal in selective grants. The skills agenda and science and innovation, for which I am responsible, are crucial. The hon. Gentleman will understand that global factors affect the structure of the economy, but of course I share his concern about job losses. As I told the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Stewart Hosie), job losses are not good news, but there was even poorer news in 1981, when 673,000 jobs were lost in the manufacturing industry.
Subjects
Investment; Manufacturing industries; Redundancy; Productivity
Date
18 January 2007
Reference
455 c900
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What efforts her Department is making to improve productivity growth rates among small and medium sized enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What efforts her Department is making to improve productivity growth rates among small and medium sized enterprises.
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answered by
Nigel Griffiths
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 April 2003
For answer on
1 May 2003
Answered on
1 May 2003
Subjects
Regulation; Productivity
Date
1 May 2003
Reference
404 c415-6; 110639
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on same and business regulation.
1st supplementary on same and business regulation.
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 May 2003
Subjects
Regulation; Productivity
Date
1 May 2003
Reference
404 c415-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase output per head of population in the UK economy.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase output per head of population in the UK economy.
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Healey
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2003
For answer on
6 March 2003
Answered on
6 March 2003
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to increase output per head of population in the UK
economy. [101055]
John Healey: The Government are committed to raising the rate of UK productivity growth over the economic cycle, improving
competitiveness and narrowing the productivity gap with the US, France and Germany. The Government's approach to raising
productivity is set out in "Productivity in the UK: The Evidence and the Government's Approach", which was published alongside the
2000 pre-Budget report.
The Government report on steps to increase productivity in every Budget and pre-Budget report. Recent key steps include the
Enterprise Act 2002, the introduction of R&D tax credits, the reduction of corporation tax rates, implementation of major reforms to
capital gains tax, increased investment to raise standards in education, and a comprehensive review of capital markets through the
Myners, Sandler and Higgs reviews.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
6 March 2003
Reference
101055; 400 c1220W;400 c1209-10W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the output per head of population in the UK economy was in each year since 1975.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the output per head of population in the UK economy was in each year since 1975.
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Healey
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2003
For answer on
6 March 2003
Answered on
6 March 2003
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the output per head of population in the UK economy was in each year since
1975. [101056]
John Healey: Output per head of population in each year since 1975 can be found in National Statistics publication: "Economic Trends
Annual Supplement, 2002 edition, table 1.5", a copy of which is in the Library.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Productivity
Date
6 March 2003
Reference
101056; 400 c1220W;400 c1210W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the output per head of population in the economy of each of the G7 countries was in each year since 1997. - Output can be found in monthly OECD publication: 'Main Economic Indicators' (p277), copy in Library.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the output per head of population in the economy of each of the G7 countries was in each year since 1997. - Output can be found in monthly OECD publication: 'Main Economic Indicators' (p277), copy in Library.
Asked by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Healey
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2003
For answer on
6 March 2003
Answered on
6 March 2003
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the output per head of population in the economy of each of the G7 countries
was in each year since 1997. [101057]
John Healey: Output per head of population for the G7 can be found in the monthly OECD publication: "Main Economic Indicators"
(p277), a copy of which is in the Library.
Subjects
Manufacturing industries; Productivity; G7
Date
6 March 2003
Reference
101057; 400 c1220W;400 c1210W
House
House of Commons