I can only re-iterate something I brung up in a previous thread about this. I am one of these terrible law breakers who force my music onto people in pub sessions in Sheffield. I am worried that the PEL issue of licencing and the costs of the licences will be given as a'discretionary' fee levied by the local authority through it's Environmental Health Departments ( also known as the Waffen SS). The reason for this is that it will cause wide varience and enforceablity. A cash strapped council could see it as a revenue raiser and therefore levy a huge fee. I believe we should lobby that if any fee or licencing is to be brought in that it should be set a national (and nominal) rate. The main thing is not to let the Stormtroopers of Zeal otherwise known as Environmental Health Official loose on the Folk Scene.