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Denis MacShane

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Oral Answers to Questions

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Monday 17th September 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Pickles Portrait Mr Pickles
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I have good news for my hon. Friend. Based on calculations, it is not 57% green belt, but 60%.

Lord Pickles Portrait Mr Pickles
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It is as the right hon. Gentleman says.

Of course we are not looking to affect my hon. Friend’s constituency. The green belt is immensely important. It is a green lung and prevents major conurbations from bumping into one another.