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Proceeding contribution from Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 30 January 2008. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007.


Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2007

My Lords, does the noble Lord appreciate that when Labour came to power in 1997 we found that the National Lottery was in effect an enormous engine of redistribution from families on modest incomes to families on comfortable incomes, and that was the difficulty?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c646 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Cultural heritage Finance Land Lotteries National Lottery Sales Taxation Sports Big Lottery Fund Olympic Games 2012 Paralympic Games 2012
Legislation
Payments into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund etc. Order 2008
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk