§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what meetings he has had with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the adoption of the English regions for the purposes of producing European regional statistics; and if he will make a statement. [39259]
§ Angela EagleI refer the hon. Member to the letter from the Director of the Office for National Statistics to my noble Friend Lord Bruce of Donington, published on 2 February 1998,Official Report, House of Lords, column 82, following his Question to my noble Friend Lord McIntosh, which reports progress on the adoption by the European Union of the Government Offices for the Regions for the classification of statistics for English regions.