HC Deb 03 July 2002 vol 388 c334W
15. Ross Cranston

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State what steps he is taking to implement business improvement districts. [64168]

Mrs. Roche

In the White Paper, "Strong Local Leadership—Quality Public Services", published in December, we detailed our scheme for enabling those places which want to introduce business improvement district arrangements to do so. Implementation requires legislation and the draft Local Government Bill, published on 12 June, contains the necessary primary legislation.