To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of the board responsible for Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Conservation Area reside in Cotswold district; and how many members of that board are elected representatives of the residents of Cotswold district.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of the board responsible for Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Conservation Area reside in Cotswold district; and how many members of that board are elected representatives of the residents of Cotswold district.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons the (a) Cotswolds Conservation Board and (b) Chilterns Conservation Board is not on the list of statutory consultees for national planning policy statements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons the (a) Cotswolds Conservation Board and (b) Chilterns Conservation Board is not on the list of statutory consultees for national planning policy statements.

That is very kind of the noble Lord. Also, we are having a Tube strike, and it is refreshing to have a Tube strike that I am not responsible for. I will take advantage of his offer and promise to write. Briefly, I can tell him that the Chilterns has...

That is very kind of the noble Lord. Also, we are having a Tube strike, and it is refreshing to have a Tube strike that I am not responsible for. I will take advantage of his offer and promise to write. Briefly, I can tell him that the Chilterns has...

If I may interrupt the Minister, I understand that it can be difficult in debate, and I did ask an awful lot of questions. We would all be quite happy—I am sure I speak for the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and my noble friend the Duke of Montrose—if he wrote...

If I may interrupt the Minister, I understand that it can be difficult in debate, and I did ask an awful lot of questions. We would all be quite happy—I am sure I speak for the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, and my noble friend the Duke of Montrose—if he wrote...

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009

I declare an interest: I live on the edge of the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty, I am president of the CPRE in Oxfordshire, which covers the Cotswold and Chiltern areas, and I am president of Friends of the Ridgeway. The content of the orders is to be welcomed....

I declare an interest: I live on the edge of the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty, I am president of the CPRE in Oxfordshire, which covers the Cotswold and Chiltern areas, and I am president of Friends of the Ridgeway. The content of the orders is to be welcomed....

I shall speak also to a similar order, with an almost identical title, relating to the Cotswolds. These draft orders will allow the conservation boards of the Cotswolds and Chilterns areas of outstanding natural beauty to reverse the effect of Financial Reporting Standard 17 in respect of pension fund adjustments...

I shall speak also to a similar order, with an almost identical title, relating to the Cotswolds. These draft orders will allow the conservation boards of the Cotswolds and Chilterns areas of outstanding natural beauty to reverse the effect of Financial Reporting Standard 17 in respect of pension fund adjustments...

It is traditional at this point to thank noble Lords who have taken part, but it would take some effort on my part to do that in view of the number of questions that I cannot answer. I might be able to answer the series of questions tangentially but it...

It is traditional at this point to thank noble Lords who have taken part, but it would take some effort on my part to do that in view of the number of questions that I cannot answer. I might be able to answer the series of questions tangentially but it...

I thank the Minister for giving us the opportunity to discuss these two orders. I declare an interest as a farmer, but the Fens are not likely to be subject to a designation. It is important to debate the Chilterns and the Cotswolds, two self-evidently scenic parts of our country....

I thank the Minister for giving us the opportunity to discuss these two orders. I declare an interest as a farmer, but the Fens are not likely to be subject to a designation. It is important to debate the Chilterns and the Cotswolds, two self-evidently scenic parts of our country....

I have already spoken to this order and I beg to move. Motion agreed.

I have already spoken to this order and I beg to move. Motion agreed.

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009

Draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009; draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee.

Draft Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009; draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee.

Draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the day after the order is made.

Draft Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) (Amendment) Order 2009. Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the day after the order is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the grant settlement received by the Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty from Natural England for 2007-08; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the grant on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the grant settlement received by the Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty from Natural England for 2007-08; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the grant on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the grant aid settlements given to the Cotswolds Conservation Boards by Natural England were in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what recent discussions he has had with Natural England about the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the grant aid settlements given to the Cotswolds Conservation Boards by Natural England were in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what recent discussions he has had with Natural England about the...

Draft SI on cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty (establishment of conservation board). (Affirmative instrument). Together with an Explanatory Memorandum from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Approved by Parliament. Made 8 July 2004 (SI 2004/1777). Coming into force 22 July 2004.

Draft SI on cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty (establishment of conservation board). (Affirmative instrument). Together with an Explanatory Memorandum from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Approved by Parliament. Made 8 July 2004 (SI 2004/1777). Coming into force 22 July 2004.