To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10 December 2007, Official Report, column 149W, on planning: retail trade, what representations she has received from supermarkets on the revision of Planning Policy Statement 6 since May 2007. (182918)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) on 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 149W, which set out the written representations the Secretary of State (or her officials) has had from supermarkets up to 15 June 2007.

Since then, the Secretary of State (or her officials) has received written representations from the following supermarkets in relation to the proposed revisions to Planning Policy Statement 6, as announced in the Planning White Paper “Planning for a Sustainable Future” which was published in May 2007:

Asda*

John Lewis Partnership/Waitrose*

Lidl

Marks and Spencer

Musgrave GB

Tesco

Supermarkets which have asked that their representations remain confidential are indicated by ‘*’. Copies of other representations have been placed in the Library of the House.