HC Deb 18 September 2003 vol 410 cc877-8W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the future impact on employment in Warrington of the development of the Omega site; and if she will make a statement. [129927]

Ms Hewitt

Omega South is one of the North West Development Agency's strategic regional sites. It has the potential to create some 12,000 jobs and it is essential that a development of this scale and significance is consistent with both national and regional planning policies.