Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Diane Abbott (Labour), on Thursday, 25 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 19 members in total.

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BETTING SHOPS IN DEPRIVED INNER-CITY LONDON BOROUGHS

That this House condemns the proliferation of betting shops in inner city London boroughs; notes that deprived boroughs such as Hackney, Islington, Haringey and Tottenham have disproportionately high numbers of such establishments; further notes that the gambling industry is targeting these deprived areas of high unemployment; is concerned that such establishments are responsible for increases in crime and anti-social behaviour in surrounding areas; and believes more needs to be done to give local councils the power to refuse licensing applications by means of a tightening of the provisions of the Gambling Act 2005.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1192 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

John Austin

Glenda Jackson

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

Alan Simpson

Subjects

Gambling

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk