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Finally, on the Government’s proposed consultation, we applaud them for their clear effort to make progress on an issue of genuine difficulty. None of this is easy, and it is absolutely right and correct that they should look to propose inventive solutions. His Majesty’s Official Opposition are concerned by the already strong concerns from the creative sector, even before consultation has started. Clearly, the opt-out model has not been welcomed. It may be that those worries will be addressed through consultation—it may, for instance, turn out that a lot of the labour-intensive processes behind opt-out can be automated—but so far it is not landing well. In the end, it will come down to enforceability, to which there are considerable technical and jurisdictional barriers. The offshoring problem is a particular case of the latter.