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Significantly, with the Lib Dems wielding quite considerable power in the new cabinet (there are five from the party), Clement-Jones would like to see the DCMS beefed up. ³We would like to see the DCMS have more clout; the DCMS is quite a weak department at the moment,² says the peer. ³You also need to have the Business Innovation and Skills department involved and Home Office so the departments are all pulling together.² Clement-Jones¹ own Live Music Bill fell at the final hurdle during the last Government and some suggest the new Con-Lib coalition might want to revisit its recommendations to provide a Licensing Act exemption for music venues with 200 people or fewer. ³They might need a popular piece of legislation after all the economic reforms,² adds McGonigal.