Is it not a little strange when the Government side claim that some forms of live music are gaining benefit, being favoured or being discriminated against in a process of additional entertainment permission that they have claimed is not complicated or expensive and does not deter any live music?

See Lord Faulkner's claim that it is fair to use audience size, rather that a venue's capacity, as lager venues can put on gigs with limited audience size, in order to benefit from the exemption.

I have yet to see how the Government propose that an events audience size limit of 100 is to be determined in advance, to estabish if they qualify. If it is anything like the crazy way it was established for S177, this new proposal will be as much use as S177.