Schedule 1 - Provision of regulated entertainment
Licensing Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
The example of the nightclub fire in the United States is an extreme example; my hon. Friends have pointed out on more than one occasion that the Minister has used extreme examples. We have
regulations that would have prevented such a thing, so to use that example is less than fair; I will not say less than honest—the Minister knows what I mean.
The amendment that attaches to educational establishments says:
''for the purposes directly connected to the activities of the establishment.''
Those are educational purposes connected with what the establishment does. I do not see how the discos, raves and bars associated with some universities are directly related to the purposes of the educational establishment. If the Minister feels that the amendment falls down because of our terminology regarding educational establishments, and that it would have been better to use the word ''institution'', why does he not table an amendment to solve the problem? He does not want to do that.
Dr. Howells rose—