Hi Shambles et al

Sheila Miller has asked me to post her contribution because she hasn't got the hang of posting to Mudcat:-

I am rather disturbed by the fact that people seem to think the government is going to amend the law to make things better for folk music. That's not necessarily the case. The new law will not be law for at least two years, assuming that it happens at all (which cannot be guaranteed). There's also no way of knowing what will be in it when it does eventually reach the statute book: it may be even more restrictive than the present situation - for example, if it gets rid of the two-in-a-bar rule and doesn't give us a better rule for small musical events, it will damage folk clubs even more than the present situation. And, until it does become law (if it does), those councils that are using the present situation to stop music happening in pubs and other folk club and session venues should be prevented from stamping out that music.

Kitty