From: J.B.W.Webber
Sent: 25 March 2011 17:57
Subject: RE: Early Day motion and
proposed changes to the Licensing Act 2003 - hopeful
Dear Penny,
What I believe may be hopeful news re the recent Early Day
Motion on Live Music, and the possible deregulation of entertainment from the
Licensing Bill.
I did write to my Kent MP (Julian Brazier), enclosing a copy of
my 2008 graph of the fall-off in live music .... his reply said :
"... I share your concerns that Kent has seen such a dramatic
decrease in the number of venues now putting on live music events. ....
I have ... written to the Minister at the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport, asking when there might be an announcement on the
results of the consultation that was carried out. ...."
Julian Brazier has now written :
"... I am now able to enclose a very encouraging reply that I
have received from the Minister for Tourisn and Heritage about live music
performances,
As you can see, he supports the intentions and directions of
Lord Clement-Jones' Bill on Live Music but would like to go even further
by deregulating entertainment from the Licensing Act altogether. I am glad that
there are plans to cut the red tape to encourage the performance of more live
music - a vibrant cultural sector is very important for the community.
This is good news and I look forward to hearing more in due
course."
The letter from John Penrose, Minister for Tourism and Heritage
dated 22nd March 2011, says :
" ... As your constituent may have seen, Baroness Rawlings was
pleased to announce during the debate of the Second Reading of Lord
Clement-Jones' Private Member's Bill on Live Music that the Government supports
the Bill's intention and direction. I also want to look into whether we can go
further than the Bill by deregulating entertainment from the Licensing Act 2003
and hope to be in a position to say more in due course."
Cheers,
Dr. Beau Webber