Mr. Charles Stanley-Smith:

I have always found in my interaction with local authorities that they ask what they can do to help. That eventually does get through. What is happening with many of the biodiversity projects is that they are at the start of the process of persuading a local authority that they are there to help and to do good and that it will benefit everybody. It is a barrier they must get through. As the Deputy says, it is happening, and it is something that will happen and needs to happen. I am afraid the only thing I can think of is perseverance. It will get there in the end. That attitude is a very strong one and local authorities find it hard to stop the attitude of being there to help.