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Howells agrees to meet Bill's critics. (News).
Culture minister Kim Howells has offered an olive branch to critics of the Licensing Bill by offering to set up a working group, including musicians, to help provide guidance to licensing authorities.
At the same time, the DCMS parliamentary under secretary is offering to meet John Smith, general secretary of the Musicians Union, one of the Bill's fiercest critics.
In a move Howells hopes will deflect more heat about the controversial Bill, which is due to enter the Reports stage this week before a third reading in the House of Lords, the minister is proposing to set up a working group to inform the drawing up of statutory guidance for licensing authorities to help them and venues promote live music.
This follows concerns that licensees will he discouraged from putting on entertainment because they fear that licensing authorities will impose unnecessary and costly conditions to their licences, such as requesting expensive adjustments to venues.
Howells says, "I want to ensure the Bill is enforced with a heavy dose of common sense on ...
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