§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the Lotteries Act so as to clarify the position of schoolchildren selling raffle tickets in aid of school funds, particularly where reference is made to alcoholic drinks included amongst the raffle prizes.
§ Mr. RaisonThe Lotteries Regulations 1977 prohibit the sale of a ticket or chance in a society's lottery or local auth-726W ority lottery by or to a person who has not attained the age of 16 years. There is no similar prohibition relating to private lotteries, or small lotteries incidental to entertanments such as bazaars and fetes, and I do not think the case for one has been made out. As to the use of alcoholic liquor as a prize in a lottery, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 15 November to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. Hannam).—[Vol. 973, c. 1476.]