[Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] — Wind Farms (Mid-Wales)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 10 May 2011.

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Photo of Alun Cairns Alun Cairns Conservative, Vale of Glamorgan 9:30, 10 May 2011

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate, and on the exceptional work that he has done in standing up for his community in Montgomeryshire, for mid-Wales and for communities across the border. Does he regret the fact that a centralised policy framework exists in Wales, and that even if the local planning authority rejects the application for the project, the chances of success on appeal are pretty strong, so the Welsh Assembly Government will have the final say? Does he regret the fact that the Welsh Assembly Government are not following the localism framework that exists in England, which would give local people much stronger rights to object to such applications?