HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 c250W
Mr. Dover

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has obtained written confirmation from the European Commission that in the list of qualifying areas for Konver II funding, Preston is the travel-to-work area embracing Chorley and South Ribble.

Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 7 March 1995]: No; contrary to earlier expectations, the Commission has not yet published any list of areas in the Official Journal. But the list of British Konver II areas in the Government's programme, sent to the Commission on 1 March, includes Preston travel-to-work area.

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