Mr. Jim Conway:

I support the argument. It is important that we maximise the fact that we have a capital city of international scale within the region, and which is of benefit to the wider region. It is important also to maximise the scale of the city and look to the sustainable development and consolidation of the urban centres generally within the region and to ensure that those are places where people see that people live and work in there, and not just view it as a commuter belt to the capital city. At the same time there is a need to recognise the value and strength of the rural elements of the region.