HC Deb 08 June 2000 vol 351 c298W
Mr. Charles Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the current economic impact of assisted area status on the Scottish Highlands; and if he will make a statement. [124775]

Mr. Caborn

Assisted area status is widely considered to have a positive economic impact on those areas—such as the Scottish Highlands—covered by the assisted area map.