You might think that the cut and thrust of planning permission regulations are about as exciting as Vogon poetry, and you'd probably be right, particularly when local government ministers start quoting Douglas Adams.
Responding to a question from Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East MP, Tom Blenkinsop, on whether the Government has any plans to deregulate the advertising of applications in local newspapers, Brandon Lewis read out a passage from Adams' Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
