Welsh Affairs - First Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 February 1998.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

INTRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN ENHANCED WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The WDA and the Welsh Office Industry Department
The WDA and the Wales Tourist Board
The WDA and rural policy  ix
The Mid Wales Export Association: a case study
Agriculture
Economic development: inward investment versus indigenous growth
Economic development: East versus West

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Relations between local government and the Assembly
The Partnership Council
Local government and the enhanced WDA
Local government, the Assembly and higher education
Planning

THE REGIONAL STRUCTURE
FINANCE AND THE BARNETT FORMULA
POSTSCRIPT: THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE REPORT

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


Notes:
References to "Q" are to the question numbers in the oral evidence. "Evidence, p" refers to pages in the memoranda published with the oral evidence and "Appendix, p" refers to pages in the memoranda included in Volume II.

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Prepared 26 February 1998