§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on what date copies of the Bradford Commission report were received by officials in the integrated Government office in Leeds. [5983]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordOfficials collected copies of the report on 20 November, the day of publication.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on what date, in what capacity and in what form the chair of the inquiry into the wider implications of public disorders in Bradford expressed(a) support and (b) opposition to any bid from Bradford under the single regeneration budget (i) to Ministers and (ii) to officials, including officials at the integrated Government office; and if he will make a statement. [5985]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe chair of the Bradford Commission has at no time made any comment to either Ministers or officials in support of, or in opposition to, any Bradford single regeneration budget challenge fund bid.