§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response he has made to the key recommendations of the Black Training and Enterprise Group in the Department of Environment's draft bidding guidance for the single regeneration budget; if he will make it his policy that projects in disadvantaged black communities currently funded under section 11 or via the ethnic minority grant will be protected; and if he will reconsider his decision to abolish the ethnic minority grant.
§ Mr. Peter LloydMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will be taking into account all responses received in relation to the draft bidding guidance document circulated by his Department, including that of the Black Training and Enterprise Group. We have been pleased to note the group's positive comments about the ethnic minority grant which we introduced. We consider that it is entirely right that the funding of such activities should be embraced by the single regeneration budget in future.