Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Perhaps WG would argue it's allowing the smaller shops to be competitive. How can supermarkets being restricted be anti-competitive when supermarkets have less competition at the moment?

In any case, I would imagine that any reasonable legislation to help fight Covid would take precedence and rightly so.
Supermarkets are being restricted because they and other 'essential' shops are being told not to sell certain items in order to 'level things up' with those shops that have been told to close.

So if you want it and can't get it from the supermarket you are forcing people in Wales to purchase on line. This should be a public health issue but Mark Drakeford's comments make it a commercial issue and he's in danger of digging himself into a hole. EU and UK competition Law is robust and its for the Senedd to apply it not ride roughshod over it.