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Stonehenge

With the leave of the House, Mr. Cummings, may I thank the Minister for the spirit in which she responded to this important debate? I hope she understands that we are aware that she has had to answer for the decision of another Department, which is what caused the rumpus, and that she will have a great deal of cross-party support as she seeks to achieve what she set out today. I reiterate how important it is that the machinery of government address the issue and resolve the problems facing the Minister. I come back to a point that I referred to earlier: there has been a breakdown in the machinery of government over much more than the past eight or 10 years. Indeed, it is more like 50 years, because it is 50 years since the first schemes were proposed for dealing with the roads around Stonehenge. As well as a disappointment, the present situation is an opportunity, and we should all view it in that spirit. The devil is in the detail, and we must all pledge ourselves—I certainly do—to seeking consensus on the way forward. With that, Mr. Cummings, I thank you for chairing this extremely important debate. Sitting suspended.