HL Deb 20 October 1981 vol 424 cc742-3WA
Lord Wigg

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will ensure that the 20th Annual Report of the Horserace Betting Levy Board for the period 1st April 1980 to the 31st March 1981, which will be submitted by the Horserace Betting Levy Board to the Home Secretary and laid before Parliament under Section 31 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, will contain a full report of the proceedings by which the Horserace Betting Levy Board has sought to secure the continued running of the Grand National at Aintree following the termination of the existing arrangements; and

Whether they will ensure that the 20th Annual Report of the Horserace Betting Levy Board for the period 1st April 1980 to 31st March 1981, which will be submitted by the Horserace Betting Levy Board to the Home Secretary and laid before Parliament under Section 31 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, will contain a full report of the proceedings by which the Horserace Betting Levy Board and its wholly owned subsidiary United Racecourses have sought to secure the continued running of the Derby at Epsom; and whether it will contain an account of the arrangements which were made for the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the board of United Racecourses to consider the evidence to be given by them to the working party appointed by the Epsom and Ewell Borough Council on the revision of the Epsom and Walton Downs Regulation Act before that evidence was given.

Lord Belstead

I understand that the board has already completed its 20th Annual Report and that it will shortly be submitted to my right honourable friend the Home Secretary.