§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress has been made in establishing a regional development agency for the East Midlands; and what consideration has been given to locating its headquarters in Loughborough. [44939]
§ Angela EagleThe Regional Development Agencies Bill, under which Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) will be established, received its second reading in Another Place on 18 May 1998,Official Report, House of Lords,
631Wcolumns 1290–1354. Work is continuing at a regional and national level in anticipation of the creation of RDAs. As I stated in my answer on 27 January 1998, Official Report, column 305, the RDA for the East Midlands will be best placed to decide where its offices should be.