§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will meet representatives from Staffordshire county council to discuss the proposed urban regeneration agency.
§ Mr. Robin SquireWe have no plans for a series of meetings with individual authorities to discuss the urban regeneration agency. We have just concluded a wide-ranging consultation exercise to which many local authorities, including Staffordshire, submitted their comments. These have been taken into account in preparing the legislation currently before the House. They will also form a useful input to our future work on the development of the guidance under which the agency will operate.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how he intends the urban regeneration agency to determine its strategy.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe urban regeneration agency will determine its strategy in the light of its financial regime and the guidance we will issue to it.