HC Deb 03 April 2000 vol 347 cc318-9W
Mr. Quinn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on progress with the creation of directly elected regional assemblies in England. [116371]

Ms Beverley Hughes

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs. Ellman) on 27 March 2000,Official Report, column 17W.

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