HC Deb 15 November 1996 vol 285 cc380-1W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the total number of(a) grants and (b) loans paid to Mondial Business Information Systems and Channel 11 Ltd. by Argyll and the Islands Enterprise; and when these sums were paid; [4176]

(2) what conditions were attached to the (a) grants and (b) loans paid to Mondial Business Information Systems and Channel 11 Ltd. by Argyll and the Islands Enterprise;[4175]

(3) what measures were undertaken by Argyll and the Islands Enterprise to assess the suitability of Mondial Business Information Systems and Channel 11 Ltd. to receive public money; and if he will make a statement. [4178]

Mr. Kynoch

Argyll and the Islands Enterprise operates under contract with Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I shall ask the chairman of the latter organisation to write to the hon. Member.