HC Deb 23 May 1994 vol 244 c82W
Sir Fergus Montgomery

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many organisations have expressed an interest in running the national lottery.

Mr. Brooke

The Director General of the National Lottery has received eight applications for the section 5 licence to run the national lottery in response to the invitation to apply that he issued on 21 December 1993.

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