§ Mr. SinghTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to reform the Gaming Act 1968. [35295]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe present controls meet their primary purpose of keeping gaming crime-free, though the Government are aware of calls to modernise them. We have not ruled that out, but would need to consider the timing, scope and resource implications of such an exercise.