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The latest suggestion to come from the Government is that small-scale public entertainment should be 'de-licensed' entirely.

At this stage it is not entirely clear what the thinking is in this regard. Obviously, music campaigners will be overjoyed at the idea of a complete de-regulation. But local authorities and others will take a different view, feeling that musical activity in particular ought to be restricted or controlled from the outset.