HC Deb 27 January 2000 vol 343 c325W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will discuss with the First Secretary the granting of Objective 2 status to North East Wales; and if he will make a statement. [106700]

Mr. Paul Murphy

I meet the First Secretary on a regular basis and we discuss a number of issues including Structural Funds support for Wales. However, the decision approving the UK's Objective 2 map was made by the European Commission last month and covered those Welsh areas in the UK Government's proposals of 8 October.