This is true but the "two in a bar" issue is clearly totally stupid and was the best way of getting public and media interest to the larger issue of entertainment licensing generally and PELs in particular. Which is a complicated subject, as we know.
The White Paper proposals link liquor and music making together forever and spends little or no time on music in premises that do not have or want liquor licenses.
As can be seen from Dr Howells comments, The Government make a great noise about getting rid of (for most of the wrong reasions), the "two in a bar rule". As if that alone made any diference to non liquor licensed premises or improved the situation for unpaid music making and folk clubs caught up in legislation that was never really intended to affect them.
The following link is to the White Paper. Which after all is the starting point for the reforms.
The following is the current position of EDM 1182. Has your MP signed yet?
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