HC Deb 26 February 1975 vol 887 cc188-9W
Mr. Terry Walker

asked the Lord President of the Council what are the reference numbers of the documents relating to the EEC Regional Development Fund.

Mr. Edward Short

The following documents relate to the EEC Regional Development Fund debate on 27th February 1975. Copies of these documents are now available in the Vote Office.

(a) R/2055/73: Commission communication containing draft regulations for the establishment of the Fund; related financial matters; and a draft Council decision to set up a Regional Policy Committee.

(b) Explanatory memorandum on the above prepared by Department of Trade and Industry 26th September 1973.

(c) R/2474/73: Commission communication containing draft regulations for priority agricultural regions and regions eligible for aid from the Fund.

(d) Explanatory memorandum on the above prepared by Department of Trade and Industry 26th September 1973.

(e) R/2055/73, R/2474/73: Supplementary memorandum prepared by the Department of Industry for the Select Committee 25th June 1974.

(f) R/2055/73, R/2474/73: Supplementary memorandum prepared by the Department of Industry for the Select Committee 3rd December 1974.

(g) Com(71) 500: The financing of development schemes in priority agricultural areas by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF). A European Fund for interest rate subsidies for regional development.

(h) Explanatory memorandum on the above prepared by the Department of Industry 13th December 1974.

(i) R/2055/73, R/2474/73, Com(71)500: Explanatory memorandum prepared by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 18th February 1975. The memorandum at (i), to which is attached a representative text of the proposals under discussion earlier this month, largely overtakes the earlier papers.