It was interesting how many of our staff helped to produce the list. Not everybody in the public sector relishes being a jobsworth bureaucrat. Many who became Licensing Officers, or Planning Officers or Highways Officers wanted to provide decent public service.
We want to abolish the regulation stating that schools, churches and village halls must apply for a licence in order to hold an event involving music. Currently, the organisers of such events are required to complete in triplicate a ten page form, most of which is irrelevant.
We back an exemption for small businesses from licensing requirements for live entertainment for all events attracting an audience of fewer than 200. The Environmental Protection Act legislates for dealing with loud music in any case. Why discriminate against live music?