Member

I turn to the changes that have occurred since the previous planning application was made and the comment I have already reflected from Lord Etherton’s committee. The horrific criminal terrorist attack by Hamas on Israelis enjoying a music festival caused over 1,000 deaths —a terrible criminal attack. However, those deaths are many fewer than the number of deaths that there have been in the war in Gaza conducted by Israel, which of course has every right to defend itself within international law. I make no judgment of that. Whatever the rights and wrongs of those events, they are plainly a catalyst for disorder and they can breed terrorism. It would be foolish to ignore the increased risks which now exist because of those recent events. Indeed, it is officially accepted by JTAC that, during recent months, the risk of terrorism in this area has been and remains designated as substantial.