Actually to have a music performance in public places without a Public Entertainment Licence has been illegal for many years. The two-in-a-bar thing which we have lost was an exemption, not some special restrictionon pubs - two-in-a-coffee bar, for example, was never covered by the exemption.

But this whole campaign and the attention the bill has aroused has, I hope, made us all more aware of the unreasonable limits on our freedom, which have been there all along. Maybe it might push us into refusing to knuckle under. Unjust and stupid laws can only persist in the long run if people obey them.