§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list all the proposals in A Safe Bet for Success-Modernising Britain's Gambling Laws, which will not require a change in primary legislation and for each proposal state(a)the method by which it will be implemented and (b)the date on which she expects the implementation to take place. [48379]
§ Mr. CabornAppendix B to Cm 5397 identifies which proposals require changes in primary legislation and which do not. Of the proposals in the latter category which the Appendix indicates that the Government has decided to accept, most will not be implemented in advance of primary legislation, because they involve either action by the proposed Gambling Commission which that legislation will establish, or substantial changes to the current balance of regulation which it would not be desirable to take forward ahead of the establishment of the Commission, with its new powers to supervise, monitor and enforce them.
327WThe proposals which the Government proposed to implement in advance of primary legislation are as follows, as set out in Chapter 9 of Cm 5397.
Recommendation Method of implementation 12 Administrative action by Gaming Board 56 Industry code of practice or Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 73 Order under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 77 Code of practice issued on behalf of the Gaming Board and BACTA 81 Order under the Regulatory Reform Act 2000 93 Order under the Gaming Act 1968 94 Advice from Gaming Board to licensing justices 98 Order under the Gaming Act 1968 102 Order under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 118 Order under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 134 Advice from DCMS to local authorities and pools companies Recommendations 12 and 73 were implemented on 1 March 2002. Recommendations 93, 94, 98, 102, 118 and 134 should be implemented, subject to Parliament's approval where subordinate legislation is concerned, before the Summer Recess. I intend that the remaining recommendations should be implemented in the course of this financial year.
Persons proceeded against at the magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts 1949 to 1967 (mainly television licence evasion), England and Wales 1996 to 20001 Sentence breakdown Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced2 Absolute/conditional discharge Fine Community sentence Otherwise dealt with 1996 188,108 164,848 164,851 2,703 161,984 7 157 1997 92,728 76,984 76,985 1,331 75,600 16 38 1998 96,616 76,605 76,604 902 75,621 8 73 1999 68,778 55,813 55,813 919 54,799 10 85 2000 121,124 105,714 105,715 2,149 103,542 4 20 1These data are on the principal offence basis. 2In some years the number sentenced may exceed the number found guilty as these may include cases where a person is found guilty at the magistrates court and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, but the sentencing at the Crown Court does not take place until the following year.