South-west Regional Spatial Strategy

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 20 Ionawr 2009.

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Photo of Bob Neill Bob Neill Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government), Deputy Chair, Conservative Party 2:30, 20 Ionawr 2009

Perhaps the Minister would like to explain to us how many of those representations relate to the removal of green belt protection from land around Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bournemouth and south-east Dorset. He referred to the quasi-judicial nature of the Secretary of State's function. Will he bear in mind that the Secretary of State's own statement that

"the proposed changes would result in loss of green belt land" flatly contradicts his own assurance to the House, and the Prime Minister's, that such land would be "robustly" protected? May we have quasi-consistency as well?