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The Tote

My right hon. Friend is setting out a very attractive proposal. Does he agree that racing itself is best able to exploit on-course facilities and internet betting and that in any case the private sector is probably most interested in the shops? Does he think that his suggested compromise, as well as attracting a great deal of support from Members on the Government Benches and, we hope, elsewhere in the House, would have attracted the support of the late Robin Cook? He thought deeply about these matters, and I think my right hon. Friend's proposal would have appealed to him.