Mr. Colin Ryan:

We would be capable of restricting opening hours as part of a developed management decision. Traditionally, restricting opening hours of fast food outlets might have been related to anti-social behaviour that occurred late at night. Conditions on fast food outlets or takeaways are regularly imposed such as stipulating that they must close by 11 p.m or 11.30 p.m. There is certainly planning restriction with the principle per se. The only issue relating to the example cited by the Chairman is that we cannot go back in time.