Member

I do not want to be accused of standing in the way of growth, but we owe it to our fellow countrymen to think very carefully about what we are proposing to do to large tracts of our landscape. My noble friend Lord Roborough, who speaks for the Opposition on the Front Bench, talked about public opinion. The Government need to pay a little more attention to public opinion, not only because the public are the voters but because, if the Government take some positive action, they will carry the public with them and so achieve their stated aim of cutting through the bureaucracy and getting a better, more modern grid.