HC Deb 01 May 2003 vol 404 c456W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to promote inward investment in the North-West. [110631]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Securing new foreign investment is a key element of the North West Development Agency's Regional Economic Strategy (RES). This aims to strengthen key sectors and encourage the commercial exploitation of the region's science and technology base. In so doing the North West Development Agency will support and complement the work of Invest UK.