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I was a member of the Justice 1 Committee in the first session of Parliament, and we had to deal with very complex pieces of legislation. If we required extra time, we went to the minister and were then given that extra time.
Does the FSB believe that there is an opportunity to lift basic standards in all premises that currently have a licence, or is it being defensive on behalf of its members? No; inevitably the extra requirements will lift standards.
We need to take up what is available today rather than creating major extra expenditure. Some of our organisations have been working with local economic forums.