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I now turn to the question that Clauses 15 to 17 and 20 to 25 stand part of the Bill. I am aware this stems from a concern of noble Lords that clubs might leave the licensing system en masse, so I will now address this. However, I do not wish to hold up the Committee with detail on the basic workings of the licensing regime, which is unchanged from that which the Opposition introduced in the previous Bill when they were in government. I am happy to provide any of this detail in writing if noble Lords so wish, but in the interests of time I will not go through each of the clauses one by one.