HC Deb 10 January 1990 vol 164 c633W
Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had regarding a successor to the Alvey programme.

Mr. Forth

Support for a successor to the Alvey programme was announced in the January 1988 White Paper "DTI—The Department for Enterprise" (Cm. 278). The information engineering advanced technology programme was launched in mid-1988, and is continuing.