Planning Bill

I say to my noble friend that I do not want it on the record that I was talking about a politically driven decision. It is a decision taken by a politician, which is very different. I remember when I was a Minister having exactly this argument with Mr Wedgwood Benn, who, there having been an inquiry, took a totally different view from mine and wanted me to change my mind. It is not politically driven; one party takes a view of what the national policy should be and, when that party is elected, it can change the national policy statement without a whole other inquiry and public consultation, because it had that during the election campaign.