The council expects to see the equivalent of 228 full time jobs go, but has no plans for compulsory redundancies.

BBC: West Lothian Council

Ten full-time posts out of 94 will be lost across both authorities but there will be no compulsory redundancies, a council spokesman said.

BBC: Somerset

The committee was told there were 37, 000 registered bee keepers in England and Wales - but as there was no compulsory registration, unlike in France and New Zealand - that was only a rough estimate of how many people actually kept bees.

BBC: Dying bees 'were not a priority'

Road Safety Minister Mike Penning said there were no plans to make helmets compulsory, but added that he would keep the matter under review.

BBC: Quad bike helmet call by doctors

The hard lesson for governments is that citizens will adopt technology when it is both optional and beneficial to them, but resist it strenuously when it is compulsory, no matter how sensible it may seem.

ECONOMIST: It's best for governments not to know too much

The vaccination became compulsory in Britain during the 19th century, but by 1971 it was no longer necessary as the virus had been stamped out in the West.

BBC: Twenty years free of smallpox