The Leader said this morning that I could use today's debate to raise the issue of the report of the Commission on Liquor Licensing. There is a need for a more comprehensive debate about the report before any legislation is introduced by the Minister, but I am interested in many of the things suggested. We need to tackle the issue of licences. The number of licences has been reduced since the original liquor licensing legislation was brought in, yet there are loopholes involving hotel licences and so on. This has given rise to superpubs. There is also, however, a need for sensitivity to the investment made by publicans. When taxi deregulation occurred, there was a genuine need for action in this area but many people were hard hit. This needs to be taken into account when considering the issue of licensing, although the big interests in the industry need to be taken on.