HC Deb 25 January 1993 vol 217 cc554-5W
17. Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what recent representations he has received about his proposals for a national lottery.

Mr. Brooke

I have received a number of recent representations from a wide range of interested parties about the Government's proposals for a national lottery. Only a small minority of those representations were opposed to the establishment of a national lottery.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations he has received urging the location of the headquarters of the national lottery in an area traditionally associated with the pools industry; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Brooke

The Department has received representations from the Liverpool chamber of commerce and from the editor of theLiverpool Echo, and from the Glasgow development agency. Bradford metropolitan borough council has also urged consideration of Liverpool as a location. The National Heritage Committee recommended that the headquarters of the office of the national lottery should be established in such an area.