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But she points out this is not the case for industries such as pharmaceuticals, where regulators require firms to hold minimum levels of stock.

But there were no minimum quotas for female lawmakers, nor for those from the country's many ethnic and religious minorities.

The Met said this is a process which requires a minimum of five officers to do so safely.

On Friday, the grandparents were handed life sentences, with minimum terms of 23 years for Michael Ives and 17 years for his wife Kerry.

In January last year the firm faced a backlash after revealing it would no longer hire new staff on the real living wage, instead paying the lower legal minimum wage.