§ 40. Mr. BeithTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent representations he has received about assistance from the United Kingdom or European funds for the Alnwick and Amble area.
§ Mr. AtkinsI have received representations in favour of the Alnwick and Amble travel-to-work-area's claims to assistance from the Community's reformed structural funds. I had already put a case on behalf of the area to the European Commission. The Commission announced on 8 March its intention of designating Alnwick and Amble travel-to-work-area for assistance under the funds' new objective 2.