My only worry is that Mr Sharkey might be more interested in the concerns that face professional musicians rather than those of amateur and semi-pros. Some of the assumptions made about the sizes of venues/audiences might be rather OTT compared with what he's used to. I think all of us on the folk scene would agree that the PEL legislation is "using a sledge-hammer to crack a nut" as far as most folk clubs and sessions are concerned. It would be nice if we could get someone - (Sheila Miller, Shambles, or Richard Bridge for instance) to put our side of the case. If we could only get the "Small Events" exception to be independent of the requirement for a PEL in the first place, we would have most of what we want.