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The Liberal Democrats will today challenge ministers to rescue live music from needless red-tape imposed by the Government.
The party will make the challenge during a debate in the House of Lords on licensing rules this evening.
Commenting Liberal Democrat Culture, Media and Sport Spokesperson Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones said:
"The Government promised that the new licensing laws would result in an explosion in live music, it is quite clear that this has not happened.
"Under the current regime, a group of musicians playing in the corner pose more of a threat to crime and disorder in a pub than the gang watching a football match on the big screen.
"We need a proper review of the effectiveness of these laws so that innocuous and well meaning performances of live music are not unfairly discriminated against."


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