§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many representations she has received on the gambling review report. [17364]
§ Mr. CabornI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Vaz) on 19 November 2001,Official Report, column 22W.
§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to implement the Gaming Board's triennial review recommendations on machine stakes and prizes. [17365]
§ Mr. CabornI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Mr. McCabe) on 21 November 2000,Official Report, columns 313–34W.
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§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what role the Minister for Tourism will have in assessing the impact of the Budd report into gambling on seaside resorts before her Department publishes its proposals. [17367]
§ Mr. CabornAll Ministers in the Department will support and advise my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in reaching decisions on the report; and those decisions will take proper account of the full range of her responsibilities
§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many representations she has received about recommendation 75 of the Gambling Review; and how many supported the recommendation. [17351]
§ Mr. CabornWe have received over 100 comments on this recommendation. Four supported it in the terms in which it was set out in the report of the gambling review body. Substantially more supported the proposition in the recommendation that on-licensed premises should be entitled to up to two gaming machines by virtue of their liquor licences (with a higher entitlement for those premises which already had a higher number) but argued either for a higher entitlement of four machines or for licensing authorities to have discretion to authorise more than two machines in appropriate cases.
§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what assessment she has made of the impact on employment if recommendation 75 of the gambling review is initiated; [17350]
(2) what assessment she has made of the impact on publicans if recommendation 75 of the gambling review is initiated. [17349]
§ Mr. CabornMany of the comments on this recommendation have raised concerns about its possible impact on business and employment. We are considering all representations on the report of the gambling review body with care, but have not yet completed our assessment of them.