HC Deb 06 December 1989 vol 163 c300W
84. Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the operation of the European Economic Community's Renaval programme in the United Kingdom.

105. Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the operation of the European Economic Community's Renaval programme in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The Government have submitted applications for programmes of measures for Plymouth and Gibraltar and put cases for eligibility for Strathclyde and Fife. We are considering what further applications might be made. The European Commission has so far approved only the eligibility of Plymouth.