§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her policy is in relation to the provision of(a) operating aid, (b) employment aid and (c) investment aid in the Objective 1 regions under Article 87(3)a of the EC Treaty; and what representations she has received on this issue. [12398]
§ Ms HewittOur policy is to support aid which addresses market failure and which speeds economic reform but which does not distort competition. I have received no recent representations about aid in Objective 1 regions.