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National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language)

That is a fair point. Again, I must commend the Secretary of State in that the introduction of a proportionality and reasonableness test is probably the finest thing that has happened to the draft LCO, as it introduces an element of common sense on a statutory basis. Nevertheless, in response to the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnorshire, the procedure will be very complicated if every time someone wants a derogation from the legislation, he or she will have to make an application to some appeals tribunal. That is not how the economy runs in the real world. Common sense is certainly called for. Proportionality and reasonableness represent the introduction of common sense, but we should go one stage further and exempt sub-post offices from the legislation. The other point that I wish to make was raised by the right hon. Member for Torfaen. He referred to telecommunications, and I must confess that I have continuing concerns about the inclusion of telecommunications in the legislation. I hope that the Secretary of State will give close attention to the reason for my concerns, because this could be a problem. We live in a world where people are less inclined to be loyal, not only to political parties, but to suppliers of goods and services. For example, consumers routinely go on websites such as uSwitch and decide to switch their suppliers of telecommunications, gas, electricity or whatever. I would be extremely concerned if Welsh consumers clicked on one of those sites to discover that because a particular supplier had not got a Welsh language scheme in place and had found it too burdensome to adopt such a scheme, they were immediately disadvantaged because that supplier had not entered the market. We must be careful not to put barriers in the way of commerce. It is vital that Welsh consumers have access to all suppliers of services without any impediment in the form of Welsh language legislation with which suppliers are, for whatever reason, unwilling to comply.