From the Minister's last letter (24/03/06) to me:

"It would be inappropriate for me to comment on a specific performance of music, as licensing authorities are now responsible for administering and enforcing the new licensing regime".

To me that is simply a cop out. It is starting to result in one local authority ignoring blatant breaches of the law, (Westminster with the BBC in Abbey Rd, Tessa Jowell in the Royal Park) whilst Roger's local authority seem to be adopting a "the law means what we say it means" sort of approach. Sheffield seems to take the same approach but from a more liberal standpoint.

There must be lawyers all over the land rubbing their hands with glee. I seem to remember Richard Bridge pointing out something to that effect much earlier on in this debate.