1st July 2011, 10:49 AM
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I have just received the following email from Don Foster MP's office......
Dear Andrew,
As I mentioned before, on Wednesday evening Don and I had a discussion with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles MP, where we raised this matter. The Secretary of State was completely clear on his position: the government has no intention of including such measures in the Localism Bill. While the Bill does devolve a lot of power to local councils, it does not give them powers to deregulate planning in the manner Mr Melton described.
The Liberal Democrats are committed to the protection of Britain’s heritage. We see Mr Melton’s comments as crass and can assure you that if there was any effort to bring in such changes, we would oppose them vigorously. As it is, we are satisfied that the Government has no intention of following this route. Mr Melton has been forced to clarify his comments in the last few days and says now that they were merely his own personal proposals and denied that there was any endorsement from the Conservative Party or the Government.
We’re relatively satisfied that this issue is going to be put to bed soon as from what I know, Mr Melton has been put back in his box by the Tories and will hopefully stay there. If we hear anything else I’ll be sure to let you know.
Kindest Regards,
Daniel Kelly | Parliamentary Intern | Office of Rt Hon Don Foster MP | Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bath |
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I have just received the following email from Don Foster MP's office......
Dear Andrew,
As I mentioned before, on Wednesday evening Don and I had a discussion with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles MP, where we raised this matter. The Secretary of State was completely clear on his position: the government has no intention of including such measures in the Localism Bill. While the Bill does devolve a lot of power to local councils, it does not give them powers to deregulate planning in the manner Mr Melton described.
The Liberal Democrats are committed to the protection of Britain’s heritage. We see Mr Melton’s comments as crass and can assure you that if there was any effort to bring in such changes, we would oppose them vigorously. As it is, we are satisfied that the Government has no intention of following this route. Mr Melton has been forced to clarify his comments in the last few days and says now that they were merely his own personal proposals and denied that there was any endorsement from the Conservative Party or the Government.
We’re relatively satisfied that this issue is going to be put to bed soon as from what I know, Mr Melton has been put back in his box by the Tories and will hopefully stay there. If we hear anything else I’ll be sure to let you know.
Kindest Regards,
Daniel Kelly | Parliamentary Intern | Office of Rt Hon Don Foster MP | Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bath |
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