Where did James Purnell make this comment specifically on the Sheffield carols

It was the case that the event enabled without entertainment permission was because it was judged by Sheffield City Council that this participatory pub session (and the piano) was a religious service? ?

He made in a letter to David Blunkett. Hamish has certainly seen it or something similar. Currently I am in Spain so cannot post the exact words. I will do so when I am back in May. I wrote to the Minstry pointing out I thought it was unusual for a Minister to seek loopholes in an Act for which he was responsible. He ignored the comment in his last letter to me.

Sheffield City Council adjudged any carols taking place in their area - whether accompanied or not as part of a religious service. Wherever they took place. As posted earlier in this thread.

What we have now is a farce of the first order. It is a farce becasuse the law means different things in different parts of England and Wales. (It was always so as far as other parts of the UK are concerned). I am not sure how this is justified but I am determined to get past this excuse "We leave it to local authorities to judge what is best in their local area".