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I believe that it is much better to stay in and fight to change the new, democratic European Union. We will get nowhere by standing on the touchline and whingeing.
It has been said that it is all very well for supermarkets or new discount pharmacies to enter the market and to open for longer hours, but if they are not in the right places, people cannot get to them.
As I said, I am no expert, but looking at it from the point of view of trying to get sites developed, I can see that that is another factor that is making it difficult to release new land and to get maximum capacity out of existing sites.
What advice is available to committees? At the end of the day, we may get the blame if we get it wrong. Ultimately, it would be for the rules to be challenged in the courts.