The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51734   Message #797495
Posted By: The Shambles
05-Oct-02 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: PEL: Licensing Reform?
Subject: RE: Licensing Reform?
Dr. Howells: We will certainly look at getting rid of the absurd two in a bar rule. I have looked long and hard at the evidence, but we have never received any to suggest that watching television in a pub causes the kinds of scenes that have sometimes occurred in pubs with live music. Nor, indeed, have we had any reports of disturbances caused by watching television in a pub—we have certainly received some reports of incidents following the playing of live music in pubs.