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Regional Transport Studies
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon asked Her Majesty's Government:
- What was the outcome of the consultation with regional planning bodies on the study programme proposed in A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England and the final programme of studies.[HL1688]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty): The consultation exercise with regional planning bodies launched on 10 December 1998 is now complete and we have received representations from all the regions. We want to take the studies forward in partnership with regional planning bodies in order to ensure that they are closely integrated with regional planning objectives. The study programme reflects regional priorities and will feed into the development of regional transport strategies as part of regional planning guidance. We are pleased that the responses we have received are generally in favour of our approach and in particular our determination to examine the contribution that all modes can make to the problems of congestion, environment and safety within the study areas.
We are now able to announce the final study programme which takes into account many of the regional planning bodies' proposals and to give more details about the timing of the studies:
- Tranche 1--to begin 1999-2000
- Multi-modal studies
- West Midlands to north-west Conurbation.
- London orbital.
- Access to Hastings.
- Tyneside.
- West Midlands area.
- South and West Yorkshire motorway box.
- London to SW and South Wales.
- North-south movements in East Midlands.
- SE Manchester.
- Cambridge to Huntingdon.
- A.453 (M.1-Nottingham).
- Roads-based studies
- A.1 Bramham to Barton.
- A.66 safety.
- M.40/A.46 Longbridge roundabout.
- A.3 Hindhead.
- M.1 junction 19.
- A.419 Blunsdon.
- Tranche 2--to begin 2000-01
- Multi-modal studies
- Southampton to Folkestone.
- London to South Midlands.
- West Midlands to Nottingham.
- London to Reading.
- Hull.
- London to Ipswich.
- Roads-based studies
- Deeside Park junctions.
- Norwich to Great Yarmouth.
- A.5/A.483 Shrewsbury to Chester.
- A.38 Derby junctions.
- Provisional Tranche 3
- Multi-modal studies
- A.34 north from Southampton.
- A.47 west of Norwich.
- A.1 north of Newcastle.
Work on most of the studies in Tranche 1 will begin this spring, with all of them commencing by the autumn. The length of time it will take to complete each study will vary depending on the complexity of the issues, but we expect that they will take, on average, two years to complete. As a first step, steering groups will be established, chaired by the Government Offices and to
include representatives from the regional planning bodies, and other regional partners, to finalise the terms of reference for each study and the timescale for delivery. Tranche 2 studies need not wait for tranche 1 studies to be completed, and we expect to begin work on these in 2000-01.The multi-model studies are not a one-off exercise. As we described in the recently published draft PPG11 Regional Planning, multi-modal studies of transport problems will be one of the major inputs to the development of regional transport strategies. Therefore in the future we expect regional planning bodies, rather than central Government, to commission and lead their own multi-modal studies. From some of the additional studies proposed by the regional planning bodies, we have identified a provisional third tranche of studies which could be taken forward in this way. The case for a study of the A.1 north of Newcastle will depend on the outcome of the current Highways Agency route management study.
Local Governance
Baroness Goudie asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they intend to publish a draft Bill on political management structures and the new ethical framework for local government.[HL1687]
Lord Whitty: We intend tomorrow to lay before the House a paper describing new forms of local governance and including a draft of a Bill making provision for them. If enacted, the Bill would transform local government's political management structures and ethical framework. Local people would be able to choose forms of local governance with strong leadership for communities, powerful roles for all councillors and high standards of conduct.
Regional Development Agencies: Membership
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
- Whether they will name the members who have been appointed to the regional development agencies and indicate, where relevant, those who are political appointees and those who are rural representatives.[HL1526]
Lord Whitty: Table (a) below provides details of the chairmen and board members of the regional development agencies (RDAs).
Our primary concern in appointing the board members for the RDAs was to choose people who would make an effective contribution and that they should not consider themselves to be the delegates of any group or body but should take into account the interests of the region as a whole. Board members have a wide range of experience including business, local government, education, trade unions and the voluntary sectors. At least one member on each board can offer a strong rural perspective together with others who have
relevant rural experience. Further details of members' relevant background experience and interests were published at the time of their appointment and placed in the Library of the House.Political allegiance only played a part in the appointment process in the case of the local authority members. Table (b) provides details.
| East Midlands RDA | Yorkshire and Humber RDA |
| Derek Mapp (Chairman) | Graham Hall (Chairman) |
| Jane Bradford | Muriel Barker |
| Ted Cassidy | Julian Cummins |
| Graham Chapman | Brian Greenwood |
| Martin Doughty | Richard Gregory |
| Peter Gadsby | Lord Haskins |
| Gillian Gardiner | Stephen Houghton |
| Len Jackson | Paul Jagger |
| Bob Middleton | Michael Johnston |
| Peter Moore | Adeebe Malik |
| Pat Morgan-Webb | Sir Gareth Roberts |
| Christine Wood | Paul Shepherd |
| Pamela Warhurst | |
| North East RDA | South West RDA |
| Dr. John Bridge (Chairman) | Sir Michael Lickiss (Chairman) |
| Alistair Arkley | Doris Ansari |
| Kevin Curran | Cairns Boston |
| Barbara Dennis | Ewen Cameron |
| Professor Derek Fraser | Peter Chalke |
| Phillip Hughes | Nigel Costley |
| Richard Maudslay | Tudor Evans |
| John McCormack | Helen Holland |
| Hugh Morgan-Williams | Michael Leece |
| Miles Middleton | Alfred Morris |
| Rita Stringfellow | Tim Parker |
| Sue Wilson | Stella Pirie |
| John Williams | Jeremy Pope |
| South East RDA | North West RDA |
| Allan Willett (Chairman) | Lord Thomas of Macclesfield |
| Jim Baker | Maggie Chadwick |
| Ken Bodfish | Mike Doyle |
| Professor Clive Booth | John Dunning |
| Barry Camfield | Felicity Goodey |
| Bryan Davies | Clive Jeanes |
| Janis Kong | Richard Leese |
| Russ Nathan | Alan Manning |
| Winifred Oliver | Dennis Mendoros |
| David Rogers | Kath Reade |
| Sarah Ward | Dr. Fred Ridley |
| Caroline Williams | Judy Robinson |
| Kevin Wilson | James Ross |
| West Midlands RDA | Eastern RDA |
| Alex Stephenson (Chairman) | Vincent Watts (Chairman) |
| Richard Barnes | Sal Brinton |
| Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya | Alan Cherry |
| CBE | Peter Dawe |
| Cllr. Michael Bird | Greg Grant |
| Cllr. Albert Bore | Ken Lewis |
| Cllr. Sue Davis | Peter Martin |
| Dr. Anthony Harris OBE | Chris Mole |
| James Hunt | Richard Powell |
| Professor Christine King | Neville Reyner |
| Cllr. David Sparks | Jacqueline Russell |
| Sukvinder Stubbs | Marie Skinner |
| David Thompson | Stelio Stefanou |
| Brian Woods-Scawen | |
| Edward Roberts |
|
| Region | Council | Political Affiliation | |
| Eastern RDA | |||
| Sal Brinton | Cambridgeshire County Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| Peter Martin | Essex County Council | Conservative | |
| Chris Mole | Suffolk County Council | Labour | |
| Jacqueline Russell | Welwyn & Hatfield District Council (Leader) | Labour | |
| East Midlands RDA | |||
| Ted Cassidy | Leicester City Council | Labour | |
| Graham Chapman | Nottingham City Council | Labour | |
| Martin Doughty | Derbyshire County Council | Labour | |
| Gillian Gardiner | Leicestershire County Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| North East RDA | |||
| Philip Hughes | Teesdale District Council | Independent | |
| John McCormack | Wansbeck District Council | Labour | |
| Rita Stringfellow | North Tyneside Council (Leader) | Labour | |
| John Williams | Darlington Borough Council | Labour | |
| North West RDA | |||
| Mike Doyle | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | Labour | |
| Richard Leese | Manchester City Council (Leader) | Labour | |
| Kath Reade | Burnley Borough Council | Labour | |
| Dr. Fred Ridley | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| South East RDA | |||
| Ken Bodfish | Brighton and Hove Council | Labour | |
| Winifred Oliver | Mole Valley District Council | Conservative | |
| David Rogers | East Sussex County Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| Kevin Wilson | Milton Keynes Council | Labour | |
| South West RDA | |||
| Doris Ansari | Cornwall County Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| Peter Chalke | Wiltshire County Council | Conservative | |
| Tudor Evans | Plymouth City Council | Labour | |
| Helen Holland | Bristol City Council | Labour | |
| West Midlands RDA | |||
| Michael Bird | Walsall Council | Conservative | |
| Albert Bore | Birmingham City Council | Labour | |
| David Sparks | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | Labour | |
| Susan Davis | Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority | Labour | |
| Yorkshire & Humber RDA | |||
| Muriel Barker | North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority | Labour | |
| Stephen Houghton | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | Labour | |
| Michael Johnston | Harrogate Council | Liberal Democrat | |
| Pamela Warhurst | Calderdale Council | Labour | |
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