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"Mr President, in this Chamber it is becoming quite a regular theme to discuss how the single market is faltering, and as always the so-called problems lie not with the Commission proposals but with Member States who fail to implement these laws. Blaming Member States is of course an easy answer to deflect the real issue of the single market, but we all know that the elephant in the room is the issue of over-regulation. Take, for example, manufacturers of bathroom goods. To sell toothbrushes in the single market they must abide by 31 EU laws, and to sell towels they must abide by an astonishing 454 EU laws. When you look into food regulation, it gets even more ridiculous. For bread, you need to abide by 1 200 laws, and to produce and sell milk you must abide by 12 000 EU laws.
The single market is an instrument that favours big business. Endless rules and regulations which are simply too complex to comply with destroy the prospects of small-sized businesses and lead to higher prices and less choice for the consumer. British businesses have a choice, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to oppose more decades of costly regulations, endless red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy. On 23 June, many Britons can take back control and vote to leave the European Union."@en1
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