§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the present status and validity of each of the regional planning strategies; and whether it remains his policy that county structure plans should be prepared within the policy assumptions of the strategies.
§ Mr. FoxWe are not bound by the regional strategies of previous Governments but we shall take note of them before approving structure plans and we shall in due course arrange for the provision of whatever new or amended regional guidance may be needed as a framework for structure planning.