HC Deb 24 October 1994 vol 248 c408W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to announce the granting of enterprise zone status to areas within the district of Easington.

Sir Paul Beresford

The designation of the proposed East Durham—Easington—enterprise zones is contingent on satisfactory arrangements being in place to ensure that EC sectoral restrictions on aids to industry can be enforced. As soon as these arrangements have been finalised, the United Kingdom statutory procedures will be initiated and these normally take about six months.