Minister appears before South West Committee

• Video and Audio: Prospects for the South West Economy
• South West Select Committee

Witnesses

3.15pm

• Tim Carroll, Deputy Chairman of the Strategic Leaders’ Board and Leader of South Somerset District Council
• Adrian Welsh, Environment, Planning and Economy Manager, Cornwall Council
• Jane Henderson, Chief Executive, South West Regional Development Agency
• Nigel Jump, Chief Economist, South West Development Agency and Regional Economic Task Group

4pm

• Jim Knight MP, Minister for the South West Region

The Committee’s inquiry is a follow-up to its first report into the impact of the economic downturn on the South West, published on 16 July 2009.

• Report: Impact of the economic downturn on the South West and the Government's response