HC Deb 05 February 1993 vol 218 cc360-1W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to his answer of 2 February,Official Report, c.99, if he will give the names of the members of the enterprise and business support working group; when they started work; and when he estimates they will produce an interim report on one-stop shops for business and technology information.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The names of the members are:

  • Mr. B. Adcock, Council of Welsh Districts
  • Mr. J. Driscoll, Coopers, Lybrand Deloitte
  • Mr. P. Fortune, Wales Enterprise
  • Mr. A. Fretter, Assembly of Welsh Counties
  • Mr. R. Geldard, Federation of Welsh Chambers of Commerce
  • Mr. G. Jackson, Development Board for Rural Wales
  • Ms. B. Pold, Computer Advisory Services
  • Mr. E. Roberts, Assembly of Welsh Counties
  • Mr. M. Robinson, National Westminster Bank Plc
  • Mr. P. Sheldon, South Glamorgan TEC
  • Mr. M. Thomas, Welsh Development Agency
  • Mr. J. Troth, North East Wales TEC
  • Mr. A. Williams, Mid Glamorgan TEC
  • Mr. T. Withnall, Dependable Packs Ltd.

The Group is chaired by Mr. J. F. Craig, a deputy secretary at the Welsh Office. In addition the following officials of my Department attended the meetings: Mr. C. L. Jones, Mr. M. J. Clancy, Mr. D. T. Richards, Dr. R. J. Loveland.

The group has been asked to produce its report by May 1993.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 2 February,Official Report, c. 99, when the Welsh Office received the request for financial assistance from the Welsh Economic Research Unit.

Sir Wyn Roberts

A request from the South East Wales Economic Forum was first received on 15 May 1992.