EUROPEAN REGION FOR CORNWALL

Early day motion 1239, tabled 23 April 1998 by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 39 members.

That this House notes the serious state of economic decline in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly which set it apart from its neightbours; further notes that with a gross domestic product per capita of 69 per cent. of the EU average and falling, the region's economy deserves urgent and effective attention; and supports the de-coupling of Cornwall and Scilly from its neighbours for the purposes of statistical representation as a European region for securing Objective 1 status in the next round of European Structural Funds.

Signatures by party: Labour 20, Liberal Democrat 17, Labour/Co-operative 1, UUP 1.