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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 14 March 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Iain Duncan Smith. The answering member was Richard Caborn.

On-course Betting

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on betting in horse racing.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
458 c71-94WH 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. Gentleman has evidence of perjury in the courts—
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Speaker | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We cannot have this interchange across the Chamber.
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) That must be taken back to the courts.
Celia Barlow | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) What is the composition of the working group? I add my voice to that of the hon. Member for Teignbri...
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) I am very sorry, Mr. Benton. All that I am saying, very clearly, is that if there is evidence of per...
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) I shall write to my hon. Friend to give the working group’s terms of reference and its composition, ...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c93WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that my constituent and the hon. Lady’s constituent have been to the courts, but t...
Richard Caborn | 458 c93WH (Link to this contribution) This is important; I hope that the right hon. Gentleman takes note. The new regime provides an appro...
Richard Younger-Ross | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that there is not enough time to go through all the detail of what has been said h...
Richard Caborn | 458 c93-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is very serious to say that people have perjured themselves. If one makes those serious allegatio...
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that there has been dialogue with my officials and with the right hon. M...
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman has met my officials.
Richard Caborn | 458 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Well, the right hon. Gentleman has met my officials several times. If a dialogue is needed, hon. Mem...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c91WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister ought to get from his officials a copy of the letter that Stevenson wrote in response t...
Richard Caborn | 458 c92WH (Link to this contribution) We are not going to resolve this issue in the debate. I will look into this matter with my officials...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c76-9WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The biggest problem was that the people hearing the appeals ...
Simon Hughes | 458 c76WH (Link to this contribution) One of the problems seems to be that the appeals system is run by the original decision makers and t...
Jim Devine | 458 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith) on selectin...
Simon Hughes | 458 c80-2WH (Link to this contribution) I strongly support the initiative of the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Dun...
Mark Field | 458 c82-3WH (Link to this contribution) I too shall speak briefly, because I know that the hon. Member for Hove (Ms Barlow) wishes to say a ...
Jim Devine | 458 c83WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman able to give an example in which someone is betting on the outcome of an event...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c73-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised yet another vital point. I will not go into detail about that issue to...
Lord Benyon | 458 c72WH (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that smaller on-course bookmakers have been hit by the closure of si...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c71-2WH (Link to this contribution) I and others requested this debate because of our concerns about the state of on-course betting. As ...
Lord Beamish | 458 c73WH (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that a key concern should be to protect the consumer—the person ...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my hon. Friend has to go to chair the Committee on the Crossrail Bill—ever since I h...
Brian Binley | 458 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I had hoped to take part in the debate but sadly I have to leave to chair the Committee considering ...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c72-3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. He makes an important point, which is illustrated by what I am saying, and ...
Mark Field | 458 c83-4WH (Link to this contribution) If we look beyond sport, it might be argued that some of us would know a by-election or general elec...
Celia Barlow | 458 c84-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith) on securing...
Richard Caborn | 458 c90-1WH (Link to this contribution) The answer to that is that we have examined the matter. I believe that the hon. Gentleman received a...
Simon Hughes | 458 c90WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister has heard from several contributors, including the right hon. Member for Chingford and ...
Richard Caborn | 458 c88-90WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith) has usefully drawn attenti...
Iain Duncan Smith | 458 c91WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way on this crucial point?
Richard Caborn | 458 c91WH (Link to this contribution) It is crucial, but I just want to put it into context. The right hon. Gentleman’s first argument was...
Richard Caborn | 458 c91WH (Link to this contribution) I shall quickly finish this point. The problem is that we do not have time today to deal with the im...
Richard Younger-Ross | 458 c87-8WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be very brief. We have had an excellent debate and are now really waiting for the Minister’s...
Anne Milton | 458 c88WH (Link to this contribution) I too will be brief, because it is important for the Minister to have the maximum time in which to a...
Subjects
Betting Finance Horserace Betting Levy Board Horse racing Gambling Tote Money laundering Regulation VAT Department for Culture, Media and Sport National Association of Bookmakers
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