§ MR. H. J. WILSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Hohnfirth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that some twenty or more betting bookmakers calling themselves turf accountants have transferred their business from Holland to Guernsey, where it is not illegal, as in England, to receive money on deposit for betting purposes, and that the advertisements of these bookmakers appear in English newspapers; and whether he can take any steps to promote the assimilation of the law in the Channel Islands to that which exists in England, so as to diminish the temptation to betting in this country.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE, Croydon)I will bring this question to the notice of the authorities in the Channel Islands.