HC Deb 01 August 1975 vol 896 cc648-9W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the proposal announced by the Horserace Betting Levy Board on 24th July to increase prize money allocation to horse-racing subject to the establishment by 30th November 1975 of appropriate negotiating machinery which would enable a minimum wage scale for stable staff to be negotiated by 1st June 1976 has been approved by him in accordance with Section 25 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act; and on what date the application for his approval was received by his department.

Dr. Summerskill

A comprehensive scheme for payments by the board, including the payment of contributions towards prize money, was approved by our predecessors in May 1970 under Section 25(2) (d) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, authority being given in the Instrument of Approval for the payments to be made subject to such terms and conditions as the board in its discretion thought fit. No further approval was, therefore, required, or sought, for the schemes announced by the board on 24th July.

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