§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what action he is taking to ensure that there is no delay in payment of regional development grants or any other allowance due in respect of industrial or commercial development.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe marked improvement in the time taken to approve applications for regional development grant referred to in the reply to the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton) on 9 February 1981—[Vol. 998, c. 597]—has been maintained. Payment of approved applications remains subject to the four months' deferment announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 12 June 1979. If the hon. Member has any particular case of difficulty in mind perhaps he would write to me about it.