Housing and Regeneration Bill

I thank the Minister for that reply, and for looking again at the Commons Act. We certainly appreciated what a difficult Act it was when it was going through, because of all the historic interpretations. As she said, it is important that its fit with the Bill is exactly right. However, the spirit of my amendment is very much that the HCA must have regard to all the special landscapes that we value so much. That does not mean that there would never be any building in them. Listening to the debate yesterday, having had the pleasure of serving with the noble Lord, Lord Best, on his Joseph Rowntree rural housing commission, and having spent many years in a county where there are many special designations, I know that we would not want nothing to happen. Rural housing is still important, but it must be built in the right way in the special areas. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 61 not moved.] [The Committee was suspended for a Division in the House from 4.33 to 4.43 pm.]