Member

I hope she can also confirm that the kind of political puff—aspects of which are hugely and vigorously disputed—which has accompanied some of the publicity surrounding the consultation process will not deflect from the proper value placed on the facts and principle-based assessments and inputs of these organisations, which are often provided by those who have retired from serious professional work in this sector and who have a very real knowledge, provided at almost no cost to the public purse at all. They add real expertise to the proper working of a land use and planning policy system in this country.