Mr. Duncan Graham:

I will respond to a few points raised by the Deputy. Regarding rent, I go back to the point I made earlier, which is that it is very varied. As this emerges and as businesses reopen, it will become very much more apparent as to where the issues lie in terms of those landlords who are playing ball and those who are not. We will come back to the Deputy on that issue.

The Deputy's point on the circular economy is very well made. A number of clothing retailers, particularly some of the larger ones, now have what are almost recycling opportunities within them. This will be a growing trend and is something we support. It is something the country should look at more. Bringing old clothes back into new retailers that can be recycled is starting to happen. Increasingly, we are seeing sustainable packaging being used by many new brands. This is happening with a lot of these new retailers, which are very focused on sustainability and the circular economy, particularly the younger retailers. We have run a number of webinars on this topic and will continue to support our members in respect of it.

We fully support mentoring. With more than 2,000 members across the board, we have a lot of very experienced and skilled retailers we can call on to provide those mentoring services. We have done it in the past and are in a very good place to help support that and the town centre first initiatives around mentoring. We are very willing to work with the Government on that one.