UK Competitiveness

EDM number 18 in 2006-07, proposed by Alan Duncan on 15/11/2006.

That this House notes that since 1997 the UK has fallen from fourth to 10th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index and that the International Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Yearbook shows that the UK has slipped from ninth place in 1997 to 21st in 2006; further notes that the UK has a record trade deficit of £45 billion; and calls on the Government to reverse its trend of bringing forward policies that harm UK competitiveness.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.