If there really are any public safety or any other concerns over the exemption which the previous Govt proposed (even if this was only based on less than 100 people rather than 200) - then these concerns are also real for all the Act's many existing exemptions.

The Tories and Lib Dems supported the proposal when in opposition but now they are in power, are this Govt proposing to scrap the existing exempions? For if the other existing legislation is not adequate to protect the public on the proposed small events exemption then it must also be inadquate for all the others.