§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his response to the recommendation of the Lanarkshire working group that strategic industrial development sites in north Lanarkshire should be given enterprise zone status.
§ Mr. LangThe Government undertook to consider that recommendation against the background of its existing policy on enterprise zones, and the costs which might be involved. This we are doing.
Proposals for an enterprise zone in Lanarkshire would also have to comply with the European Commission's competition and sectoral aids regimes.