§ Sir Patrick CormackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to announce his response to the Local Government Commissions final recommendations for Staffordshire. [14555]
§ Mr. CurryMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in a statement to Parliament on Tuesday 21 March,Official Report, column 145, that we have accepted the Local Government Commissions recommendation of a unitary authority for Stoke-on-Trent with the two-tier system of local government remaining in the rest of Staffordshire.