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However, my noble friend is right that this is a wrecking amendment. I thought my noble friend, who shares a birthday with me and who is a near neighbour, brought forward a reasoned explanation of the problems that any Government have in raising finance and in controlling costs. We have a difficult planning system, and one that places upon applicants a large burden. We have that large burden because of democracy and because of people’s right to object to planning. But we now need to proceed. We are—to misquote St Francis—getting to the point of saying, “Please give me a Holocaust memorial and learning centre, just not here”.