Not read all of this thread or Shambles's other contributions on the legislative front. But I've been meaning to point out for some time that live music is alive and well in the pubs of Noprthern Ireland. I suspect that the thread title is misleading and that the legislation will apply only in England or maybe England and Wales. In Northern Ireland, abortion is still illegal except to save a mother's life, and is likely tto remain so since it suits the christians of both camps.