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Under normal circumstances, if a person applies for a job, they either get it or they do not—no one writes an article about the fact that the person did not get the job.
The UK press might express the view that the tone for the debate has been set, but you would not necessarily get that view from the press throughout Europe.
We should sympathise with the Executive in dealing with European regulations but also with lay people who have to interpret them. When farmers get such legislation it must be very difficult for them.
Members can imagine the howls of righteous indignation had the major parties done what they could have done under the d'Hondt system and ensured that only on the 15th pick did one Green get the place on one committee, and that was it.
Paragraph 12 says:"Ministers do not expect to see many new green belts being designated",and paragraph 31 says that once a green belt is in place it should be "robustly protected".I get a bit confused.