So a government official has stated that "there is no tradition of music in pubs"; now if you've been running a session for many years in a particular pub then you can now quote this to any official who trys to stop it by demanding a PEL and argue that you have a tradition of holding this session, but seeing as there is no tradition of music in pubs the session cannot be music and therefore doesn't require a PEL. QED:-)

Alternatively, why doesn't England just adopt the Scottish system where sessions are not a problem?

Scott