I appreciate what has been said and have sent this :-

Publicise to publicans that the inclusion in the Operating Schedule of live music, sessions, jazz, folk or whatever, costs no more, no PEL is needed, no onerous conditions ought to be attached and if properly described will not incur the wrath of the authorities. All these things are poorly understood by landlords.

Otherwise music will suffer greatly, and so will pubs. Other than vertical drinking establishments for the habitual 18 year old binge drinker, pubs will become barren deserts unable to compete with supermarkets open 24 hours, and that dreadful adage "staying in is the new going out" will become a reality. Music gives a pub character and makes it worth leaving the TV and cheap tins of larger at home for.