Barker Report

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for (a) a white paper, (b) primary legislation and (c) secondary legislation on planning reform following the publication of the Barker report.

Yvette Cooper
The White Paper will be published in spring 2007. It will set out the Government's detailed proposals, including in relation to primary and secondary legislation.

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Government will publish its response to the Barker report on land use planning.

Yvette Cooper
The Government will set out in a White Paper, in spring 2007, their proposals in response to Kate Barker's recommendations for improving the speed, responsiveness and efficiency in land use planning, and for taking forward Kate Barker's and Rod Eddington's proposals for reform of major infrastructure planning.