Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates the Thames Gateway Strategic Group has met since 2010. [201949]

Kris Hopkins, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
: The Thames Gateway Strategic Group is a local authority led partnership that was set up by local authorities to provide strategic direction and targeted solutions to realise the area’s potential. Their Secretariat has confirmed that the Group met on the following dates:

2011: 16 February, 22 June, 7 September, 1 December

2012: 20 March, 9 July, 20 September, 20 December

2013: 19 March, 11 June, 22 October

No meetings of the Group have taken place in 2014 to date, but a meeting is provisionally scheduled for September

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