NORTH EAST GO FOR JOBS CAMPAIGN

That this House is concerned to learn that potential developers in the North East of England are being discouraged by the belief that the Highways Agency is less than co-operative and that development proposals will be unreasonably delayed; notes that developments on Gateshead's Team Valley Trading Estate and Riverside Park are particularly affected; calls on the Roads Minister to live up to his statement that he will `kick backsides' where such things happen; and further calls on the Government to co-operate with the aims and objectives of the North East Go For Jobs campaign and put economic development in the region at the forefront of Government policy.