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As far as return on investment is concerned, yes—but one would expect that in a capital-intensive sector such as generation, compared with the retail sector. Again, whether a 5 per cent margin on retail activities is tight is an interesting question.
Have you looked at how rigid they are about making sure that companies that say that they are spending the money in Georgia, British Columbia or wherever are doing so? How does that compare with how we test the data here?
The trade secretary knows from those figures that the advantages that will be produced by those free trade agreements are nothing compared to the disadvantages of leaving the customs union.
The reality is that completion of community payback orders has increased, compared with the completion rate under the scheme that was previously in place.
A person is likely to be paid 8 per cent more if they are in a union than if they are not for a comparable job, and a person is twice as likely to be low paid if they are not in a trade union.