Part of Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 8 July 2010.
There is absolutely no conflict, dispute or ideological perspective involved in this at all. We have made it clear that all the RDAs will be replaced by local enterprise partnerships. They will have a change in function from the current RDAs. We have also made it clear that if there is a will in a region to operate on a regional basis, a regional structure can emerge. The Minister of State, my hon. Friend Mr Prisk, will shortly produce a White Paper setting out how the regional process will develop.