If this Government have already considered any evidence and representations on which the proposals are based, these are very selective. They are not mine and they are not any that I have contributed to. They don't even seem to be based on the evidence and representations from the bodies that they themselves have set up to advise them and which I am aware of, like those made by the Live Music Forum.
The call for the level to be set at 100 is directly at odds with the figure of 200, which Parliament's select Committee has called for.
Where for example, is there any mention of the following which Mr Suttcliffe mentioned in Parliament on 22 Oct 2009?
"As part of the clarification, the consultation will propose a change to the definition of "entertainment facilities" so that the mere provision of musical instruments, such as a pub piano, is not licensable."