John King comments: In the Suffolk borough of Snape, Licensing Officers are hard at work protecting locals from the village hall. Snape Village Hall has this licence condition:
"In the event of fire, the Fire Service shall be called immediately".
It also has this condition on the performance of plays: "The Licensee shall not allow any lewd, obscene or indecent performance to take place on the licensed premises". The Licensing Act 2003 explicitly forbids councils from censoring plays.