HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 c584W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 7 July,Official Report, column 310, on what date he sent the letter to the Development Board for Rural Wales instructing the board to make no further payments of mid-Wales development grants, rural buildings conversion grants, DRIVE grants and commun-ity enterprise projects.

Mr. Redwood

My Department wrote to the development board on 8 June 1994, concerning relevant schemes.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 7 July,Official Report, column 310, what is his latest estimate of the date of completion of consultation with local authorities and their associations concerning the powers to be transferred from the Development Board for Rural Wales to them at (a) borough and (b) county level.

Mr. Redwood

It is my intention for the consultation with the local authority associations to be completed as soon as possible.

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