Does the Ministy of Culture, Medai and Sport really have to tax music making? .........The following quote from from Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell:

"Sales of alcohol of around £30 billion each year generate duty and VAT that buys our country's schools, roads, hospitals and puts policemen on our streets."

Do you how much duty and VAT that amounts to? This from Hamish Birchall:

£7 billion in duty and £5 bn in VAT = £12 billion in total (Source: HM Treasury yesterday) The current annual take from PELs in England and Wales is about £13.5 million.