My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In recent years, the Government have put protections into areas of outstanding natural beauty.

I will give way to the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Gordon Marsden).

The inconsistencies in this process are there for all to see, and I really appeal to the Government to start approaching this issue in a

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.

May I endorse the words of the Foreign Secretary in his statement and urge him to put pressure on the Saudis, first to make sure that the

I urge my right hon.