The right hon. Gentleman is making the best he can of a bad job. For instance, if we look at the share of research and development in gross domestic product in the UK, we see that it was down not just over the 1990s, when we had the last Conservative Government, but for the period from 2000 to 2007. R and D is a fundamental component of productivity and it is down. He cannot gainsay that.
Productivity
Proceeding contribution from
George Kerevan
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 17 June 2015.
It occurred during Opposition day on Productivity.
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