Policing and Crime Bill
4:00 pm
Shane Brennan: I think we need to be very concerned about what that might entail. It is very specific about the conditions in the consultation—we are in the dark on these. If we look at the recommendations of the regulatory impact assessment, such as training requirements, the estimates are in the tens of millions of pounds for the industry—I think that those may be conservative. In other areas, such as tackling under-age sales, those requirements, which are placed on a blanket basis across all types of premises, are so inflexible that they may impose significant and inappropriate costs on premises. It is alarming that that may lead to the closure of businesses at this time.