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The state recognises the importance of the extra-legal, pre-political and what you might call anthropological nature of marriage, and the state protects it in law.
I think that planning authorities would take account of all the matters about which you are concerned. I ask again: what extra value is given by a full pre-application consultation for a change in only part of the application?
We have a lot of big businesses that have a presence all over England, Wales and Scotland, but which may not have a presence in Northern Ireland. That is an extra factor, but we have said that we need to reflect carefully on the issue.
I think that all the studies have shown that: incredibly, we might have been up to 30 per cent better off per capita, simply as a result of having an extra 1 or 2 per cent of economic growth over that 17 or 18-year period.
We do a lot of burials, but since there was an extra hike last year, we have noticed that the burials rate has dropped significantly because people cannot afford £2,500 to buy a lair, so they have a cremation.