HC Deb 14 May 1934 vol 289 cc1460-1
59. Mr. LOGAN

asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the Stock Exchange gambling now taking place in rubber shares and in the raw material; and will he make provision to have share and commodity gambling included in the Betting and Lotteries Bill?

Mr. HACKING

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for West Birkenhead (Lieut.-Colonel J. Sandeman Allen) on 10th instant. The Government do not propose to deal with transactions of the kind referred to in the Betting and Lotteries Bill which is now before Parliament.

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