Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Robert Key (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Topical Questions

Question: The South West of England Regional Development Agency is pumping millions into the Porton science park in my constituency, in partnership with Wiltshire council, which is regenerating the social and physical infrastructure. Will the Secretary of State have a word with Ministers in the Department of Health, who are talking about supporting the Health Protection Agency in moving nearly 800 of its work force out of the south-west, which needs the jobs, into the overcrowded south-east? Is the Lyons review still living, or is it dead?

Answer: I will talk to my right hon. Friend at the Department of Health if the hon. Gentleman will talk to his hon. Friend on the Front Bench to say how crazy it would be to scrap the regional development agency that he values so highly in his constituency, because that is exactly what would happen.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 507 c152
Session: 2009-10
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Health Protection Agency Location Construction Housing Wellingborough
Link: View this Topical question on www.publications.parliament.uk