HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 c273W
Mr. Clay

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on what date he informed Tyne and Wear urban development corporation that preparations for an enterprise zone in Sunderland were to be suspended.

Mr. Newton

I announced to the House on 7 June that elements of the proposed remedial package not yet implemented, including designation of an enterprise zone, would be held in abeyance until decisions had been taken about the expressions of interest in NESL. The Tyne and Wear urban development corporation was informed the same day.