HC Deb 23 March 1981 vol 1 cc235-6W
Mr. Adley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue would be raised by doubling betting tax.

Mr. Peter Rees

[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1981, c. 176]: Doubling the pool betting duty would make pool betting uneconomic and thus eliminate the revenue from this duty. It is not possible to make a reliable estimate of the effect on the yield of the general betting duty because it is impracticable to predict reactions to increases of this magnitude.