§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will make a further statement on the progress towards establishing a RECHAR 2 programme from January 1994;
(2) what recent discussions he has held with the European Commission about (a) the objective 2 programme and (b) the RECHAR programme under the European regional development fund programme from January 1994.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 8 December 1993]: I saw the responsible Commissioner on 30 November about the Government's proposals for objective 2.
On RECHAR, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) on 2 December, Official Report, column 736.