Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 11 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 April 2000. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 April 2000 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 16th March, Official Report, 346 c274W, on KONVER, for what reason the KONVER Programme II Initiative was not renewed. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 17 April 2000).

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2000, Official Report, column 274W, on KONVER, for what reason the KONVER Programme II Initiative was not renewed. [119051] Mr. Caborn: [holding answer 17 April 2000]: The European Commission proposed to reduce the number of Community Initiative programmes from 13 to three as part of the Agenda 2000 package. There is no proposal to continue with the KONVER initiative. Although Community Initiatives provided benefits in many areas of the country it was often the case that effort involved by all concerned in implementing their relatively small programmes was out of all proportion to the amount of money involved.

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