EUROPEAN REGIONAL AID AND HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION

EDM number 494 in 1997-98, proposed by Jeff Ennis on 25/11/1997.

That this House deplores the fact that at the recent Adjournment Debate on European regional aid not one honourable Member of Her Majesty's Opposition was present; notes that the continuation of European regional aid is vital to the future regeneration and well-being of many of the UK's former traditional industrial areas; and particularly condemns the absence of the Shadow President of the Board of Trade and his team as a damning indictment of their disdain for these neglected areas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.