Regional Policy

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:30 pm on 17 January 1985.

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Photo of Mr Norman Lamont Mr Norman Lamont , Kingston upon Thames 9:30, 17 January 1985

As my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mr. Fallon) pointed out, that change will be made easier by the change that we have made in the balance between selective and automatic assistance. There we follow a change forecast in the White Paper in that we are placing more of the emphasis on selective assistance.

I was asked how much selective assistance would be increased to compensate for the loss in automatic assistance. By 1987–88 we expect selective assistance to have increased by some 40 per cent., or some £50 million.