§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the impact that his revision downwards on the projection of the number of houses that will need to be built between now and 2016 will have on the projected number of houses needed in(a) Essex and (b) Mid-Essex. [80289]
§ Mr. RaynsfordAs the Deputy Prime Minister said in his answer on 29 March 1999,Official Report, column 472, my Department will be writing to regional planning bodies setting out further information which may be relevant in the context of preparing regional planning guidance.