Question reference: S1W-02831
- Asked by: George Lyon, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 26 November 1999
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Current status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 10 December 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money has been invested through Argyll and the Isles Enterprise (AIE) in Bell Woven of Dunoon; whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of how the money has been spent; whether it will outline how much of the money AIE is entitled to claim back as a result of the Bell Woven factory shutting, and whether the conditions on which AIE invested money in Bell Woven prohibited the transfer of machinery from the Dunoon factory to any sister factory in England which was also receiving assistance from public funds.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. I will ask the Chairman of that organisation to write to Mr Lyon.