§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amoryasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the review of the administration of gaming machine licence duty has been completed; and what conclusions he has reached about the implementation of changes.
§ Mr. HayhoeFollowing the undertaking given during the passage of the Finance Bill 1982 a full review was carried out and a number of desirable changes were identified. Draft statutory provisions have since been circulated to interested bodies and have attracted no major criticism. Accordingly, it is proposed that those draft provisions, with a few minor modifications, should be included in this year's Finance Bill. Subject to parliamentary approval, the changes will in the main take effect from the licence period beginning 1 October 1984.