The right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. I can tell him that we do look at how the system is operated elsewhere.

The Government regularly commission research in different parts of the UK to understand public attitudes and behaviours, to inform our ca

I thank my hon. Friend for his supportive tone!

I politely remind the hon.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise Rother Valley’s bid in this regard.

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. That part of the country is really on fire at the moment.

We have published brief summaries of the evidence in the autumn and winter plan, which is publicly available on gov.uk.

The hon. Lady is right to raise the York Central site, which I know well.

And I congratulate you, Mr Speaker, on a magnificent display in Chorley over the last week.

I do not know why, but my application for the Great North Run seems to have been missed. Maybe next year we will have a crack at it.