RENAVAL Programme (Hansard, 2 February 1990)

§ Mr. Trotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make an application for support for Tyne and Wear from the European Community's RENAVAL Programme.

§ Mr. Ridley
In view of clarification I have received about the relationship between RENAVAL grants and other structural funds' support for British industrial areas, I have decided to make to the European Commission a RENAVAL application for Tyne and Wear. My Department will be discussing the proposed programme of measures with the European Commission, local authorities and others concerned.

§ Mr. Holt
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make an application for support for Langbaurgh from the European Community's RENAVAL programme.

§ Mr. Ridley
In view of clarification I have received about the relationship between RENAVAL grants and other structural funds' support for British industrial areas, I have decided to make to the European Commission a RENAVAL application for Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh districts. My Department will be discussing the proposed programme of measures with the European Commission, local authorities and others concerned.