The takeover was struck at the start of the pandemic, giving the health service access to 92 per cent of the country's private hospital beds at cost price.

Ministers and officials also need to find solutions for service access and regulation, and companies should be involved in the negotiations on this, she said.

The expansion was linked to a fair return on investments and to universal service access, together with tariff adjustments.

Four retail units facing the basin lie vacant, apparently due to lack of service access provision for deliveries.

The engine was mounted at three points, the engine block had large service access doors.