HC Deb 13 December 1996 vol 287 c393W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many retailers have been prosecuted for selling(a)lottery tickets and (b) scratch cards to children in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [8203]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is not separately identifiable in the Scottish Office Home Department's classification of crimes and offences. My noble and learned friend the Lord Advocate is not aware of any such prosecutions having been brought in Scotland.

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