§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make it his policy to keep all hon. Members representing the North Staffordshire coalfield fully and regularly briefed on all relevant initiatives undertaken by his Department, agencies or consultants acting on his behalf.
§ Miss WiddecombeMajor national initiatives are announced by the Department. Hon. Members are welcome to approach me at any time, but it might be quicker and more effective if they kept in touch with the Staffordshire training and enterprise council (TEC) and the local employment service (ES). Both Richard Ward, chief executive of Staffordshire TEC at Festival way, Festival park, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5TP, and Joy Cross, ES area manager, Blackburn house, The Midway, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1TJ, will be pleased to take inquiries from hon. Members at any time.