§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussion he has had with the EEC Commission on the merits of the Commission adopting regional employment payment as an integral part of a common Community regional policy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe Government are in close contact with the Commission and other member States about Community regional policy and my noble Friend the Minister of State has had useful informal discussions with the Commissioner for Regional Policy. But discussions on the actual mechanisms of the proposed regional development fund will not take place until later in the year, when the Commission has made specific proposals on that subject.