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There should also be a promotion of competition in ticket retailing and in ancillary areas—and indeed in the provision of coffee shops. Do we all want the same Stalinist British Rail coffee shop on every station up and down the country, or should there be a promotion of competition among coffee shops? There would then be choice in different stations and a bit of local character and colour in the type of coffee you get when you go to different stations. All this needs to be in the Bill; it is not simply open access, and it is a serious mistake to leave it out. Competition is a significant driver of economic growth, which is what the Government are meant to be looking for.