§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the Welsh Environment Agency has agreed to fund the cleaning of the Combustion Chamber at ASW Cardiff. [85482]
§ Peter Hain[holding answer 5 December 2002]: I have been asked to reply. While the Welsh Development Agency would join me in welcoming Celsa's potential future investment in Cardiff, the agency's involvement would be strictly limited by European rules on state aid to assigning the lease on the Castle Works site on purely commercial terms to the new purchasers.
241WSThe Welsh Development Agency has made it clear that the same terms would be available to any potential purchaser.
The Welsh Development Agency is not able to offer financial inducements to a steel company.