Sorry for the delay gentlemen, yes Mal was quite right.
Before you can remove the timing belt you need to remove the lower crank pulley..
To do this you need to lock the flywheel, hence the reason for removing the starter motor.
to the MG Quiz Mal. Tradition has it (at least it used to be this way) that you now set a new question. It can be anything MG related, just use the site search facility to check if the question you want to ask has been asked before.
If you're stuck, just let me know and I'll set a new question.