HC Deb 30 January 1998 vol 305 c413W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland to produce a concordat setting out arrangements for relations between his Department and the Scottish Executive after the establishment of a Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement. [25475]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 26 January 1998]: I am regularly in contact with my ministerial colleagues, including my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland, about future arrangements for the co-ordination of inward investment. New arrangements will be published in the concordat when Ministers are satisfied that they represent an acceptable way forward for all parts of the United Kingdom.