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Thread #126147   Message #2910492
Posted By: GUEST,The Shambles
20-May-10 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: Licensing consultation announced!
Subject: RE: Licensing consultation announced!
http://londonjazz.blogspot.com/2010/05/parliamentary-jazz-awards-resultsreview.html

The only overtly political speech of the night was from Lord (Tony) Colwyn. And it contained a couple of sentences which counted: "Jeremy Hunt will remove the restrictions on small gigs." Colwyn expressed the intention to re-instate the Liberal Democrat's Live Music Bill, and to make it into law. This commitment received the loudest applause of the night. And- maybe more significntly - it also got both a grin and a thumbs-up from Arts Minister Ed Vaizey.