The Government must drop these crippling restrictions immediately or offer more realistic targeted support. Only in the Michael Wood school of economics held in the Council of Trade Unions club rooms does anyone believe that the endless minimum wage increases is the way forward. Even the Government's own advisers don't think so. From one business: three out of 26 employees are on the minimum wage. They're students living at home, no rent to pay, no food to buy, being trained and learning skills that will see them right for the rest of their lives. The rest of the employees have earned their higher pay rate through loyalty and hard work—and they're happy. Building a work ethic in this environment of entitlement and mediocrity in all areas of the Government's policies is difficult. The good news is that the hard-working employees, ones who understand, will get through. So the business owners didn't get a holiday; they didn't get paid either, but their staff did. They deserve a lot more respect than what this Government is giving them. Thank you.