· The LGA Group does support exemptions for schools and hospitals, which were not previously required to hold a live music licence. We will work with government and partners to develop balanced exemption criteria.

Over half of the pubs did not previously hold a live music licence when the two-in-the-bar rule was in place. This rule only applied in in premises already licensed to sell alcohol and recognised that pubs were already made safe for small scale live music. By what logic and on what evidence do the LGA Group claim these pubs should be excluded from this proposed exemption when they say they support exemptions for schools and hospitals?