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Thread #56918   Message #903528
Posted By: DMcG
04-Mar-03 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: Howells (now) asks for help PELs
Subject: RE: Howells (now) asks for help PELs
Well, did this happen?

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Culture minister backs down on unpopular licensing bill and agrees to work with Musicians' Union

Anne Perkins, political correspondent
Tuesday March 4, 2003
The Guardian


Culture minister Kim Howells

Kim Howells, the minister being dubbed "the greatest threat to live music since Oliver Cromwell", will today admit to critics of his controversial licensing bill that he has got it wrong.

Full link : http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,906903,00.html