A Labour MP proposes amending liquor regulations to allow drink purchases on Good Friday without ordering a substantial meal, aiming to remove confusion for tourists and support pub operations that are already open.
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If this bill was proposing what those that have failed before me was, is that we're changing the trading laws, then yeah, sure, they might have a point. But the only businesses that are affected by my bill are those that are open and operating anyway. So the workers are already working. In fact, if anything, the feedback I've had from workers is that instead of monitoring what food people have ordered, they can just operate under normal conditions and it's better for them. But it's a farce of a rule. You know, the fact that you're required to order a substantial meal when a substantial meal isn't actually defined, you have to order it, but you're not actually required to eat it. You just have to order it in order to get a drink. It's nonsense.
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common sense for businesses and tourists
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