I am conscious of time, so I will let those comments stand.

Not at the moment; I am very conscious that I took a lot of interventions earlier, and I want to draw my speech to a close.

Indeed.

Let us not prejudge the outcome of the consultation.

Mr Hollobone, your words are echoing in my ears. I will condense my remarks to allow other hon.

I do want to make some progress; I am three quarters of the way down the first page of my speech and I have been very generous in giving

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention.

Like me, my hon. Friend has experience of dealing with the issue in his constituency.

I will give way in one moment, but I will just make some more progress on permitted development.

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. My hon.