HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 c1035W
Mr. Hanson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the national lottery on the betting industry. [41244]

Mr. Kirkhope

We are monitoring off-course betting turnover in order to assess the impact of the national lottery on the horserace betting levy, and plan to report our findings to Parliament in the spring of 1996.