§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2000,Official Report, column 274W, on KONVER, for what reason the KONVER Programme II Initiative was not renewed. [119051]
§ Mr. Caborn[holding answer 17 April 2000]: The European Commission proposed to reduce the number of Community Initiative programmes from 13 to three as part of the Agenda 2000 package. There is no proposal to continue with the KONVER initiative.
Member Occupation Alex Stephenson Task Force Chair and Chairman of Advantage West Midlands Sue Battle Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Colin Beardwood Councillor. Worcestershire County Council and Chair of the Regional Chamber of the Local Government Association Kumar Bhattacharyya Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Warwick University Albert Bore Leader of Birmingham City Council and university lecturer Gerard Coyne TGWU Regional Industrial Organiser and Birmingham City councillor David Cragg Chief Executive of Birmingham and Solihull TEC Tom Watson Policy Adviser to the AEEU Nick Paul Chair of CBI and also Deputy Chief Executive of IMI PLC Mike Wright Vice Chancellor of Aston University David Ritchie Regional Director, Government Office for the West Midlands Rosemary Thew Regional Director, West Midlands Employment Service Mr. Graham Broome Chief Executive Officer, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Richard Burden MP MP, Northfield constituency in Birmingham Rt. Revd Mark Santer Bishop of Birmingham David Botterill Chief Executive, Engineering Employers Federation Ian Pearson MP MP, Dudley South constituency Sir Norman Fowler MP MP, Sutton Coldfield constituency Bill Holmes Midlands Secretary of Manufacturing, Science and Finance Trades Union and regional Chair of the TUC David Nicholas Managing Director, Unipart Keith Hirst Chief Executive of Metsec PLC and Chair of Black Country Consortium