HC Deb 03 March 1995 vol 255 cc747-8W
Mr. Garrett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what criteria are used in appointing members to objective 5b monitoring committees; and if he will list those appointments already made and the interests they represent.

Mr. Eggar

The structural funds regulations require monitoring committees to be set up within partnerships established between the member state, the competent authorities and bodies designed by the member state at national, regional, local or other level, and the European Commission. So far four of the 11 objective 5b United Kingdom monitoring committees have met.

In addition to representatives of central Government, training and enterprise councils or local enterprise companies, and local authorities, the Government have designated or will designate to each committee other organisations following local consultation. They could be from, for example, the private sector, tourism and development organisations, further and higher education, rural bodies and the voluntary sector.

The following is a full list of organisations represented on the committee for the East Anglia objective 5b area, the one closest to the hon. Member's constituency:

  • Chairman
  • The regional director of the Government office.
  • Members
  • One representative each from:
    • Department of the Environment
    • Employment Department
    • Department of Trade and Industry
    • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
    • Norfolk and Waveney TEC
    • Standing Conference of East Anglian Local Authorities
    • Rural Development Commission
    • Further Education Funding Council
    • English Nature
    • East Anglian Cooperative Development Association
    • Two private sector bodies.