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Question reference: S1W-00125

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 30 June 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take to ensure that Glasgow and Strathclyde retain the funding it has enjoyed through Objective 2 status.

Responsibility for agreeing a list of areas which the UK will propose for Objective 2 designation lies with the UK Government. The Secretary of State for Scotland is liaising closely with the First Minister about Scottish areas to be included in the list which it is hoped will be submitted to the European Commission for its consideration in July.The amount of funding for Objective 2 areas in the UK has not yet been notified by the European Commission to any Member State.

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