asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider the request by the Dyfed industrial development committee for inclusion within the area of the Development Board for Rural Wales, having regard to the fact that the Carmarthen and Llandeilo travel-to-work areas are the only ones in Wales where no form of Government assistance is available for development.

Both areas benefit from the activities of the Welsh Development Agency and the Wales Tourist Board and will continue to do so. I have no proposals to widen the remit of the Development Board for Rural Wales.