We are slowly but surely coming out of an economic crisis that the world hasn't seen for a very long time. Throughout the last 2½ years, businesses have tried very hard to stay afloat and to keep their staff employed while having a huge number of extra costs piled on to them. The old adage "If business was easy, everyone would be doing it" could not be more true. But everyone is doing it tough at the moment, and there should be choice for both the businesses to open and the employees to work. The experiment that began in 2006 to allow councils to decide the rules has failed, and this bill is needed to take the burden away from the individual regions.