§ 17. Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the recently published coalfields task force report. [47637]
§ Ms Angela EagleThe Deputy Prime Minister will give the Government's initial response to the Coalfields Task Force Report's recommendations at the Coalfields Conference to be held at Ollerton Miners' Welfare on Monday 13 July. In the autumn, the Government will launch a detailed programme of action for the coalfields.
§ 39. Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received from the coalfields task force regarding road links to the former coalfields in the Bolsover/Mansfield area. [47661]
§ Dr. StrangThe Coalfield Task Force's Report was published on 18 June. The Report listed seven "regeneration road" schemes which the Task Force believe would be of major significance in opening up employment sites in the old coalfields. Two of these roads are in the Bolsover/Mansfield area—they are the Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route, Nottinghamshire, and the new M1 Junction 29A at Markham Colliery, Derbyshire.