§ Michael FabricantTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what estimate he has made of the change in the610W number of jobs in Staffordshire Fire Service as a result of the proposed regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service; [149842]
(2) what change in the number of managerial jobs he expects to result from the regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service in Staffordshire. [149847]
(3) whom he has consulted on the plans to regionalise Staffordshire's Fire and Rescue Service; [149843]
(4) what discussions he has had with Staffordshire County Council on his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service; [149845]
(5) What discussions he has had with (a) retained and (b) full-time firefighters in Staffordshire on his plans to regionalise the Fire and Rescue Service; and what their advice was. [149846]
(6) under what powers he would implement the regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service in Staffordshire without the consent of Staffordshire county council. [149844]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Members for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow), for Taunton (Mr. Flook), for North Thanet (Mr. Gale), for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray), for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond), for South-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Paice), for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles), for Poole (Mr. Syms) and for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) on 22 January 2004,Official Report, columns 1454–1457W.