HC Deb 10 July 1990 vol 176 c121W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the directors of the state lottery companies in Germany regarding the sending of lottery tickets to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply of my right hon. Friend the Minister of State on 8 May at column30 to his earlier question.

As I have further explained in correspondence with my hon. Friend, the directors have also suggested that action by them to penalise agents who continued to try to promote the lotteries here might be disputed by the agents on the ground that European Community law overrides both our 1976 Act and the lotteries' own operating rules; although there appears to be no specific or related judicial decision on this, it is our view that the prohibitions on foreign lotteries in the 1976 Act are compatible with EC law; Her Majesty's Customs and Excise have impounded huge quantities of promotional material for the lotteries

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Coopers Lybrand Deloitte Study and estimate of costs associated with the start-up and running of a magistrates courts agency. 1 May 1990 31 August 1990
PA Consultancy Group Training for area managers in connection with reorganisation of the prison service. February 1990 (This contract is likely to be extended to October 1990.) July 1990
PA Study and assistance in moving the forensic science service towards agency status by April 1991. July 1989 March 1991
Price Waterhouse Provision of financial advice on the privatisation of the IBA terrestrial transmission system. 26 February 1990 31 December 1990
Sudbury Consultants Leadership training December 1989 September 1990
Talisman Public relations for the safer cities project, Rochdale 1 November 1989 31 October 1990
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