We're getting somewhere - but it might not be exactly where we want to get to, so it really is important that people push at this time. If they get it wrong this time, it's likely to stay wrong for a long long time.

If you are in the United Kingdom, much better than an email is to send a fax to your MP - it means there is something physical in their letter tray. "Fax your MP is a website that allows you to do it as easily as sending an email - no stamps needed. You just type in your letter, and they send you an email to confirm that they've got it right, and that it's authentic, and bingo the MP get's it the next time he or she looks in the in-tray.

And one crucial thing that is being missed is that all the focus of the promised (well, sort of promised)amended legislation is on premises that are licensed for drinks - thus heading of any development of live music in coffee bars or pizza houses etc. And of course also discriminating against any people who might feel disinclined to make music in pubs, such as devout Muslims (or recovering alcoholics for that matter).