§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales for what reason section 19 of "This Common Inheritance—UK Annual Report 1995", on rural White Papers, refers to Scotland and England, but not to Wales. [19804]
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 21 April 1995]: The Welsh Office's rural policies were brought together in December 1991 in the publication "The Rural Initiative" which set out the Department's principal policy objectives for rural communities in Wales. Those objectives remain valid and continue to inform the activities of the Department and its agencies.
I am keeping in close touch with the development of the White Paper in England and Scotland and Welsh Office officials are fully informed on the discussions which are under way. I will be considering whether any further consequential action is required in Wales in the light of progress in England.