Mr. Sunil Sharpe:

One of the areas where a lot of these places have transitioned to is where we talk a lot about the overconcentration of people onto the streets at one time. It has been proved over the years that this is a recipe for disaster. An emerging trend that is happening in a lot of these countries is they are moving nightlife out of city centres. At present, that is a big problem.

There will be a lot of resistance to elements of this Bill from residents who do not want to see new licensed premises opening in the centre of the city down to planning and the fact that we are short on accommodation for many different types of communities. We will see more people living in cities. There is definitely a more practical hands-on approach from local authorities but we do not have that system here.

Something came up about wine licences earlier as well. I am going somewhere else with this now, but we would not have Leeson Street if it were not for these wine licences. For better or worse, that is what facilitates those type of venues to open. We have always been working with loopholes and with these weird licences. I would like to ask somebody from the Department of Justice to clarify. I am taking this somewhere else completely but I think we should ask this. Has the wine licence been included there for late night?