I have tried to post a question, but I have a 'provisional status' which does not allow me to post. I've sent the question on via the helpdesk link but it has not yet appeared. For the record my question was:

Mr Howells usually defends the need to licence all live music on the grounds that one amplified musician can make more noise than three without amplification.
The obvious approach is to licence noise levels from any source, including wide screen television, rather than licence specific activities that may or may not make noise. Why is Mr Howells unwilling to address the noise levels directly and uniformly for all sources, rather than including some and excluding others? For my part, it is the noise that wakes me up at 3am that I am bothered by, not whether it came from a TV or a fiddle.