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Although I see advantages in going down that route, we should do so very carefully and think it through, so that the ombudsman would not be responsible, for example, for the financial consequences of any direction that would be given.If I was to find that my recommendations were constantly being challenged—which they are not—I might come to Parliament at some future date and argue that we need to do something to strengthen that power.
There were some unfortunate events in Boston involving tea, and 1776 was a date that George III never forgot or, some might say, ever got over, so who knows which states may queue up to join us in the future?
Also, if we count trains to Glasgow and Bathgate, something like 24 trains per hour use the lines—all those journeys might be disrupted if trains from a reopened south suburban line had to cross without more up-to-date junctions and railway line infrastructure.
If the franchisee does not deliver, Government may terminate the franchise at the original 2011 expiry date. The 2009 deadline for this option allows more than sufficient time to consult on and let a new franchise in 2011.Let us move away from detail and examine what the deal means in wider terms.
Although I do not underestimate the difficulty of gathering evidence and establishing proof in cases that date from before September 1964, that date seems arbitrary.
We have discovered that, for some reason that is difficult to work out, when a bingo club closes, up to half of its customers do not adjourn to the nearest bingo club. We are doing an up-to-date survey on that to see whether our old evidence still holds good.