The Live Music Forum
Bulletins
Wednesday 16th November 2005 - Lords Question re Government Gigs Claim
In an attempt to discover why, how and when DCMS covertly altered former licensing
minister Richard Caborn's original statement concerning the 1.7 million live
gig claim, a written question has been put down in the Lords (an amendment will
ensure that it is clear that the date of the press release was 25 August 2004).
The government has to reply within two weeks:
The Lord Redesdale—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations
they held with (a) Market and Opinion Research International, and (b) the Live
Music Forum prior to the addition of an extra point under “Notes to Editors”
and the change to the quotation by the Minister of State for the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport contained in the press release issued by the Department
on 25th August, entitled Live Music Scene—The Verdict; who sanctioned
those changes; and when they were made. (HL2339)
Hamish Birchall
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