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"If that restriction was to be lifted, I believe that would be a huge pull factor and it would have potentially serious consequences," she said.

Perhaps the best we can hope for in some of these agencies is that they'll flounder about for a while without any serious results.

There were some mild side effects such as nausea and dizziness, but no serious ones, say the researchers.

Stuart asked if Rayner agreed that "serious consequences are right and just in such cases".

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