South West Surrey MP Jeremy Hunt has teamed up with Surrey County Council to campaign to reduce Surrey's minerals extraction targets. The targets are a direct cause of the unpopular quarry proposals for Monkton Lane in Farnham and Eashing Farm in Godalming. Cllr David Munro's motion for a reduction in Surrey's minerals apportionment won support from across the Council and he now intends to make the case for a decrease in the target to the South East of England Regional Assembly and to the Government. Last year, Jeremy appealed to the Government to review its mineral extraction targets, which state that Surrey must produce 2.62 million tonnes of primary aggregate per annum. Despite how densely populated the county is, Surrey will have to provide the second highest amount of primary aggregate in the South East until at least 2016. Jeremy said: ""I called for the Government to review the way it allocates mineral extraction targets last August because of my concern over the unfair level being attributed to Surrey. With so much green belt and such a dense population in Surrey, meeting the unsustainable targets set by the Government can only be achieved by locating quarries close to residential areas. Understandably, there is strong feeling in Surrey in opposition to the creation of quarries near people's homes, so I am very glad that the County Council has listened to those concerns and is seeking to get Surrey's target lowered.""