The interesting fact is that during all this recent process, of the licensing officers dispute with the licensee. There was little or no consideration given, certainly from the licensing side, to the musicians involved and the possible effect on them and/or their livelihoods…………… <,b>Nor did I expect them to be…..

That is probably the worst indictment of the present Licensing Act's Section 182, its enforcers and an example of the negative effect it has had on music………..

It may also explain our failure generally to organise and contribute to the proposed new legislation and our general pessimistic attitude to this subject. There are some notable exceptions, such as Hamish and I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank him and others for their efforts on our behalf.