§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish a list of those areas to be designated as urban priority areas for redevelopment funding. [115017]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe Urban Taskforce report—"Towards an Urban Renaissance"—published in June 1999 recommended the introduction of urban priority areas as one of a wide-ranging series of proposals for the renewal of towns and cities. The report was welcomed by the Government as an important contribution to the urban renaissance debate. Many of the recommendations have already been taken forward. Others, including those on urban priority areas and the measures that might be applied within them, are being considered as part of our preparations for the White Paper on urban policy, due to be published later this year.