Out-of-town Shopping

HC Deb 30 November 1999 vol 340 cc142-3W

Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on Government policy on out-of-town shopping development. [99023]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The Government's policy on out-of-town shopping development was set out in our response to the House of Commons Environment Committee report on shopping centres in July 1997 [CMND 3729], in which we reaffirmed our commitment to planning policy guidance note 6 (PPG6) on town centres and retail developments, and was subsequently reiterated in the Opposition Day debate on 24 June 1999,Official Report, columns 1350–56, and in further evidence to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee on 27 October this year.