§ 44. Mr. James Hillasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the degree of assistance which will be available from the European Investment Bank to the United Kingdom regional development programme.
§ Mr. ChatawayI hope that industry will take full advantage after our entry of the European Investment Bank's loan facilities. I shall be considering how these can be linked with our proposed new regional measures. It is, however, too early to forecast the scale of the bank's operations in this country.