I hope you don't mind me intruding, but it was my question that started the whole Wurzelgate scandal!

It was meant to be a serious question about a serious problem. I'm sure Kim Howells reply was meant as a throwaway joke, and he didn't expect the result (actually he's a good bloke!), but if it helps to raise the issue in the popular press, then great. And the government did promise to change the law, so it's no great crime to remind them they haven't kept their promise.

As I'm pretty eclectic in my musical tastes, I can cope with "serious" folk music and the Wurzels, so don't be too sniffy about them. The late Adge wrote some great lyrics, and for me he'll always be part of my Somerset heritage. And if they've got a record to sell and can generate the headlines for the rest of us, why not?

Anyway, thanks for the support. I'll keep plugging away on this, and maybe we'll see a change in the law before too long.

David Heath MP for Somerton & Frome (in Somerset, if you hadn't guessed!)