Letter dated 24/11/2014 from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding points raised during the Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order debate on 17 November: wrestling, protection of children and guidance. 2 p.

Letter dated 24/11/2014 from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding points raised during the Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order debate on 17 November: wrestling, protection of children and guidance. 2 p.

Motion that the draft Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 8 July, be approved. Agreed to on question.

Motion that the draft Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 8 July, be approved. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to approve. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, in 2011 the Government launched a consultation that examined the regulatory regime for entertainment licensing under the Licensing Act 2003 with the aim of removing any regulation which unnecessarily restricts creativity, community expression and economic growth. This has been and is being taken forward in three phases.

On 3...

My Lords, in 2011 the Government launched a consultation that examined the regulatory regime for entertainment licensing under the Licensing Act 2003 with the aim of removing any regulation which unnecessarily restricts creativity, community expression and economic growth. This has been and is being taken forward in three phases.

On 3...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that exposition, which brings back happy memories of my Second Reading Speech on the Live Music Bill back in 2011. I wholly support the rationale for the deregulation of live music. It may have taken some time, and I must be a collector...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that exposition, which brings back happy memories of my Second Reading Speech on the Live Music Bill back in 2011. I wholly support the rationale for the deregulation of live music. It may have taken some time, and I must be a collector...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the order. I have no particular objection to it as it stands, and I agree with many points made by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, in his current mainstream form, although I have welcomed him in surrogate packaging form on a couple of other recent...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the order. I have no particular objection to it as it stands, and I agree with many points made by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, in his current mainstream form, although I have welcomed him in surrogate packaging form on a couple of other recent...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for their overarching welcome for the thrust of what we are seeking to achieve. I understand my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones’s reference to stately progress. It is sometimes important to get it right, but I...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for their overarching welcome for the thrust of what we are seeking to achieve. I understand my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones’s reference to stately progress. It is sometimes important to get it right, but I...

I am grateful to the Minister for explaining that. However, my other point was that it seemed odd to choose those particular styles of wrestling. The reason as he explained it may well be sufficient, but the bulk of the interest as I understand it is in martial arts, particularly...

I am grateful to the Minister for explaining that. However, my other point was that it seemed odd to choose those particular styles of wrestling. The reason as he explained it may well be sufficient, but the bulk of the interest as I understand it is in martial arts, particularly...

I am obviously not in a position to say that we might be thinking of extending this beyond these two activities, but as I say, those two—the Greco-Roman and the freestyle—are the only Olympic wrestling events. It may also have something to do with a view that, on balance, they...

I am obviously not in a position to say that we might be thinking of extending this beyond these two activities, but as I say, those two—the Greco-Roman and the freestyle—are the only Olympic wrestling events. It may also have something to do with a view that, on balance, they...

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

I. Letter from Helen Grant MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding working draft guidance relating to regulated entertainment. 1 p. II. Working draft of a revision to Chapter 15 of the amended guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003. 34 p.

I. Letter from Helen Grant MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding working draft guidance relating to regulated entertainment. 1 p. II. Working draft of a revision to Chapter 15 of the amended guidance issued under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003. 34 p.