§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his recent consultations with the members of the commission responsible for regional development in relation to the co-option of members of local authorities on the monitoring committees for the expenditure of the European regional fund in(a) industrial south and (b) rural Wales. [40723]
§ Mr. HagueI told Commissioner Dr. Wulf-Mathies that I was satisfied with the present arrangements for local authority membership of both the industrial south Wales and rural Wales structural funds monitoring committees.