§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when the Government plan to publish (1) a draft regional planning guidance for(a) the Nort-West and Merseyside, (b) the North-East and (c) the East Midlands; [1277]
(2) a definitive version of regional planning guidance for (a) the South-West and (b) Yorkshire and Humberside. [1278]
§ Mr. KeebleWe plan to issue final regional planning guidance (RPG) for the South-West later this summer and final RPG for Yorkshire and the Humber in the autumn. The Proposed Changes to draft PRG for the East Midlands were published in April and we plan to issue the final version in the autumn. The Proposed Changes to draft PRG for the North-East were published in april and we plan to issue the final version by the end of the year. We intend to publish the Proposed Changes to draft (RPG) for the North-West in spring 2002, assuming that the Panel report is received shortly.