HC Deb 24 June 1971 vol 819 cc320-1W
Mr. Arthur Davidson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will make a statement on the infiltration by Mafia and other criminal elements into gaming clubs in Great Britain.

Mr. Carlisle

The system of control created by the Gaming Act, 1968, gives extensive powers to the Gaming Board, the police and the justices, to exclude undesirable elements from the management or financial control of clubs. My right hon. Friend believes that thus far the new system is working effectively.