§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Carmarthen on 26 November, Official Report, Vol. 994, whether he will publish the report of Sir Derek Rayner on regional development grant administration, after he has let the Industry and Trade Committee know its main conclusions.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe report deals in considerable detail with the procedures for examining applications for regional development grant and for monitoring payments and enforcing the conditions under which grant is paid. The publication of the detail of these procedures would not be in the public interest.