§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, following the publication of the White Paper, "Lifting the Burden", he will make it his policy not to introduce simplified planning zones in green belt areas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe White Paper makes clear the Government's concern for the maintenance of the green belts. In those areas, existing development control policies will continue to apply and the proposals relating to simplified planning zones will not affect those policies.