§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister which Ministers in his Department visited Essex in 2002; and what subjects were discussed. [106820]
§ Mr. LeslieThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created in May 2002. Since then my right hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich visited Thames Chase in Upminister for the opening of the Harold Wood Community Woodland on 18 September 2002. My hon. Friend, the Lord Rooker visited Colchester to view housing projects, on 10 September 2002, and visited Basildon and Southend on 23 September 2002 as part of a Thames Gateway regions visit.