From: "Keith Leech" <bogiekeef_at_tiscali_dot_co_dot_uk>

Date: 2 December 2008 17:41:25 GMT

Subject: FW: [actionformusic] Form 696 - E Petition

The 696 Form compels licensees who wish to hold live music events in 21

London Boroughs to report to the police the names, addresses, aliases and

telephone numbers of performers, and most worryingly, the likely ethnicity

of their audience. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment.

We believe this places unnecessary and frankly Orwellian powers in the hands

of the Metropolitan Police, an institution which does not have the best

record of racial fairness. The 696 form can only serve to deter the staging

of live musical events - a positive form of activity in London and all

cities - stifle free expression and quite possible penalise certain genres

of music and ethnic audiences. It is an intrusion too far.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Scrapthe696/

Colin Callan

29 Clarkson House

6 Great Stanhope Street

Bath BA1 2BQ

Tel: 07760 402221

|To see signatures - click the following link
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Scrapthe696/AGW646ASNAApBhI7iwBIFW9