I am not sure that that is fair. Thirdly, as far as I understand it, the 280 sq m specified in legislation relates to floor space where products are on sale. In drawing up the Bill, I have followed the original Act. Anything smaller would be a family shop and anything larger a chain or bigger store. Friend says, but it could be tested.
Supermarkets are different from how they used to be.
At one time, the used floor space in a predictable way, but great advances in technology mean that they know exactly what sort of thing people might want to buy on Christmas day. It is possible to reconfigure a store with greater ease. I simply make that point because I wonder whether people will try to get around the provision. I hope that they will not. We should congratulate ourselves on what we are trying to do here.