HC Deb 08 February 1984 vol 53 c662W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it the policy of Her Majesty's Government that if a Nissan assembly plant is built in the United Kingdom it will not be built on green belt land.

Mr. Macfarlane

The draft circular on the memorandum on structure and local plans and green belts issued for consultation in August 1983 reaffirmed the Government's commitment to the development control advice set out in MHLG circular 42/55. Circular 42/55 establishes a general presumption against industrial and commercial development in the green belt.