Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 1 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 12 members in total.

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Society lottery limits

That this House acknowledges the role played by Britain’s charity lottery sector in providing over £450 million in vital funds for good causes each year at no cost to the Government; recognises the unique nature of charity lottery fundraising, which is centred on long-term, unrestricted giving; further acknowledges such a model complements the overwhelmingly project-based funding offer from the National Lottery’s distribution bodies; notes that despite their low risk, charitable nature, such lotteries are the only gambling or fundraising product subject to such restrictions, which places constraints on their fundraising not faced by the much larger National Lottery and unregulated prize draws; understands that analysis by both the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and by Britain’s biggest charity lottery fundraiser, Postcode Lottery, projects that reforming monetary limits for charity lotteries would generate around £150 million in additional funding for supported charities; and urges the Government to re-establish the cross-party consensus around charity lottery reform by announcing measures to help charity lotteries raise even more for good causes across Britain.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

684 

Session

2026-27

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Steve Darling

Clive Jones

Jess Brown-Fuller

Joshua Reynolds

Subjects

Fundraising National Lottery Reform

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk