To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to publish the final version of the East of England Regional Strategy. (139124)

[holding answer 24 May 2007]: We are considering the substantial number of representations, (12,000), on the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes to the East of England Plan (Draft Revisions to the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England). We intend, if possible, to publish the final version of the east of England plan before the summer recess.