Policing and Crime Bill
4:00 pm
Rob Hayward: I expect to be told broadly what might be in categories A and B on Thursday. Parts of the on-trade have been invited to meet Home Office officials, so we might have some idea on Thursday—we are expecting so. However, before we get there—or possibly after, if we are not told—we face the same problem as other people on the panel. You can speculate, and if you do so, you face enormous costs, which is the biggest problem that we are concerned about under these circumstances. As a Parliament, how can you be asked to approve an enabling clause, when we really have no idea what is included, let alone what the costs or the benefits are?