Nearly on this subject Teesa Jowells has been spouting on in the new statement about new labour cannot take trust for granted and has to earn it - just like her department did on the musicians petition against the licensing act 2003.

New statesman is letters@newstatesman.co.uk - need name and address to print.   Tessa also said "just saying sorry and doing nothing will not do"    She could issue a ministerial order to change the definition of music to exclude acoustic music. Would take about 1 minute and a month to lay it before parliament, thus demonstrating that she trusts musicians and we might trust her.