The jolly old DCMS is to carry on with the entertainment bit, and presumably the rather tricky job of squaring the circle on small-scale live music, with a House of Lords bill to contend with and still no clear indication as to how far the exemption can be allowed to go. From its track record of indecisiveness on licensing matters — of which we have had much evidence recently — it may still be wrestling with the problem well after the Olympics have come and gone.