Sorry for being thick. My problem was solved by the following:
--- /var/named/etc/named.conf.old Fri Dec 1 19:12:09 2006 +++ /var/named/etc/named.conf Fri Dec 1 19:11:11 2006 @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ // acl clients { 10.0.0.0/24; + 127.0.0.1; }; options { Thanks to everyone who responded! James