The following thread charts the final blow-by-blow progress of the Bill becoming the Act.

The Licensing Act - the future

It makes interesting reading - as will see that there was much confusion at the time about what exactly the final concessions were.

It shows that certainly many Labour MPs were under the wrong impression that more was conceeded than actually was, and that the Lib Dem peers did fully exploit their all-powerful position.

had they stoos firm, at that point, the Government's side would have given them anything they demanded - rather than lose the Bill.

If only......................