§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Industry if any grant or loan has been allocated by any European agency for steel projects in Workington and near Motherwell.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe European Investment Bank has approved loans totalling £70.2 million to steel projects at Motherwell, a loan of £2.1 million to a steel project at the Distington plant, and a loan of £11.4 million to modernisation works at the Workington and the Distington plants.
The European Commission has approved contributions from the European Regional Development Fund of £0–8 million towards the cost of United Kingdom regional aid to the plate mill expansion at Dalzell. Motherwell and £0.6 million towards the cost of United Kingdom regional aid to improve mould refurbishing facilities at Distington near Workington.
The European Commission has also approved a loan of £4 million from European Coal and Steel Community funds towards replacing coke ovens at Ravenscraig, Motherwell.
§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Industry if any grant or loan has been allocated by any European agency for steel research projects on noise, fume control and waste recycling.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldIn its decision of 6th August 1974 the Commission allocated 10 million units of account for a research programme over a five-year period which would cover noise, fume and dust control, pollution and waste disposal or elimination. About £260,000 has been allocated for five projects in the United Kingdom.
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§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Industry if any grant or loan has been allocated by any European agency for the new welded steel tube plant at Tafarnaubach, South Wales.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThere have been two loans from the European Coal and Steel Community for the new welded steel tube plant at Tafarnaubach, South Wales: one in 1976 of £1.25 million and one in 1977 of £1.09 million.