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But one has to remember what the remit of the Law Commission is i.e. to get rid of red-tape.

Your, not unreasonable, ideas increase it.

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IDFIMH

I don't think a license has ever been refused on the grounds that there are already enough pubs in the licensed area although I know they'll refuse a license on the grounds of location if they don't think it is suitable.

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That's just a play on words by licensing committee members!!!

Have you ever watched 'Yes Minister'?

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I thought the 'Red Tape Challenge' was a government idea.

And you believe that the 'Red Tape Challenge' is for real?

It's just governmental buzz words or phrases meant to make us feel good and worship them in awe.

Next you'll be telling us that Santa Claus and Cinderella are for real too.

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Maybe, but I bet you a pound to a penny your proposals wont happen.

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It is the service to the public we are talking about; that's what HC and PH provide.

A grotesque oversupply of vehicles does not improve that service.

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I would dearly like to see the abolition of vehicle transfers between proprietors.

And that in the long term would be beneficial to the trade IMHO.

It may not be beneficial to a minority of individuals though.

As for the variable licensing numbers; I'm assuming that all councils would act responsibly. Now I'm hoping!!

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I'd agree with that (or regarding drivers, more specifically), but if that's what the laws of supply and demand dictate then you can't interfere with it and then cite the laws of supply and demand in support

Go and apply for 40 chips shop or pub licences in one High Street and see what happens!!

Why shouldn't the same laws apply to our trades.

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So you want to interfere with supply and demand - make up your mind

To be fair regarding that particular scenerio you shouldn't really compare it with taxi licenses because taxis are mobile and chip shops are not. If the taxi license was to work a particular street then perhaps there would be good cause to restrict them but they aren't are they, they are for a whole licensed area. Pubs and the like are not mobile and should not be treated the same as a mobile business although I do know a casino license was refused on the Wirral in recent years because it was deemed that the one casino on the Wirral was sufficient to meet the areas demand

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We have that in Scotland.
They just license in the name of a company to get round it. e.g. Edinburgh

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Or perhaps I couldnt spell it

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Yes but the idea was to get rid of red tape....not add to it.

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Yes, the market for the service, not for the providing of the service.

The market for the service i.e. the punters is very much a free market that is to say that people can choose wether or not to use it

BUT the market of providing the service is NOT a free market it is controlled by many factors such as licensing policy , plate barons , or non economic factors such as religion/race when large numbers of people all insist in working in the same trade because then they are in the majority even though they are a minority in the UK as a whole

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