§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 13 July 2000,Official Report, column 625W, which academic institutions, regeneration practitioners and professional institutions are working together in the North West to develop urban development skills following the Rogers report. [131641]
§ Ms Beverley HughesA steering group led by the University of Salford, including Universities in Liverpool and Manchester, the North West Development Agency, the North West Regional Assembly, Government Office for the North West, major local authorities, the professions and private practitioners has commissioned the Centre for Local and Economic Strategy to undertake a feasibility study on a North West Centre for Excellence for Regeneration.