HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 c279W
30. Mr. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional resources he will give to the Scottish Development Agency following the announcement of regional aid cuts.

Mr. Lang

There have been no such cuts. On the contrary, the 1988 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 288), published on 20 January by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, shows total expenditure on the Scottish industry programme for 1988–89 as £266 million, an increase of £25 million over the planned provision in the 1987 expenditure White Paper (Cm. 56).