§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he is giving to the extension of licensing arrangements to cover amusement-only slot machines installed in shops and eating places; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydNone. Such machines do not come under the Gaming Act 1968 since they do not constitute gambling. The results of the Home Office research study "Amusement Machines Dependency and Delinquency", published in July 1988, provided no grounds to justify extending legislative controls to amusement-only slot machines and we have received no reliable new evidence since to contradict this finding.