To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many acres of brown land are available in the east Thames corridor for potential future development. [33407]

Work by consultants Llewelyn-Davies, published in 1993, suggests that there are more than 4,000 hectares of mostly recycled urban land with potential for development within the east Thames corridor, extending from docklands to Tilbury in Essex and Sheerness in Kent. The Government have identified the area, now known as Thames gateway, as the major opportunity for growth in the south-east.