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On the noble Viscount’s point, the dynamics of an attack cannot be predicted but the steps taken to prepare for a response to those attacks can be. For example, for a nightclub that regularly experiences queueing on the pavement outside, this is in the immediate vicinity of the premises and it does not have full control over the area, but what the person responsible might reasonably have is consideration over the entrance policies, which could be changed to avoid the queues happening in the first place—for example, whether the queues are in the least vulnerable location, whether security or front-of-house staff have procedures to identify and report suspicious activity, and how to communicate with customers gathering in the immediate vicinity of a premises, such as those queuing outside, in the event of a lockdown or an invacuation or evacuation procedure.