Mr. Brian Rushe:

I have one final comment linked to this point. We fully recognise that there is a cost-of-living crisis in the country and our members are affected as much as anyone else. We accept that but we would have to be disappointed by some of the comments coming from elected representatives about putting pressure on retailers to drop their prices because inflation is dropping. We have shown that our input costs have not come back. They rocketed last year and they are not coming back. That is hammering our margin. The bottom line is that when a retailer drops prices, it lands at our gate.