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In its formal response to the parliamentary commission on banking standards, the government said it would introduce a licencing regime for top bankers, stop bonuses being paid to bosses of bailed out banks and look at ways to inject more competition into the industry.
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The current licencing regime requires black-cab drivers to ride around for a couple of years on mopeds to acquire "the knowledge" of London's roads.
Described as "a central plank in the government's drive to tackle anti-social behaviour", the licensing bill was expected to streamline the archaic Public Entertainments Licence regime and end the two-in-a-bar rule, which permits no more than two musicians to perform without a licence, and which culture minister Kim Howells labelled "outdated and pointless".
Ministers now say the licence regime will be reformed in another water bill in the next parliament.
Greg Goodman of the Railway Reform Group calls the performance regime "not so much a performance regime, more a licence to print money".Another skewed incentive threatens rail's very future.
Stoke-on-Trent primary care trust and other trusts all qualify for a licence under the new Care Quality Commission standards regime.
And what is so intriguing is that the majority of these insights into women's rights, urban poverty, prostitution, drug addiction, bureaucratic incompetence, legal intransigence and the growing student fascination and familiarity with outside ideas and new technologies have been granted export licences by a regime that is supposedly stricter than Poland's pre-glasnost communists.
The bill creates a number of new offences related to possession, use and acquisition of air weapons by people who do not hold a licence, or who do not act in accordance with the licensing regime.
Under the old regime, Coca-Cola was banned and owning a cigarette lighter required a licence.
All operators seeking a licence under the 2005 Gambling Act must apply to the Gambling Commission next month, before a new regulatory regime comes into force in September.
Mr Javid said: "The licence fee regime was put in place a long, long time ago.
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