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Thread #56226   Message #877706
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
29-Jan-03 - 12:56 PM
Thread Name: PEL: Urgent soundbites - CBC interview
Subject: RE: PEL: Urgent soundbites - CBC interview
Well done. You'll be great.

If you get a chance don't forget to mention Kim Howells' promise that the new law wouldn't hit sessions or singarounds, the one he made on the Mike Harding show in July last year. "As long as money isn't changing hands there's no reason why they should have to have a licence." I think that is a smoking gun, as they say.

And emphasise it's not just pubs, it's every kind of public place that will need a licence, if it's not to be a criminal offence for someone to play a tune or sing a song when anybody else might be listening.