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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 13 May 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Ian Gibson. The answering member was Gerry Sutcliffe.

Sports Betting

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on betting on sport and the integrity of sport in the UK.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
492 c225-47WH 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Philip Davies | 492 c239WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is a rather damning indictment of the Gambling Commission that...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c239WH (Link to this contribution) I have already said that I welcome the setting up of the panel and I hope it will help to inform the...
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Philip Davies | 492 c241-2WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can set my hon. Friend's mind at rest. If some of those novelty markets were being manipul...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c242WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, but, again, the fact is that bookmakers constantly have to ...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c242-3WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the Minister went there on holiday, but clearly he missed out on that particular visit. I ha...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c239-41WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to work under your tutelage today, Mr. O'Hara, and to participate in this important...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c243WH (Link to this contribution) Almost 50 cases have come through. What are the results of those? Perhaps the Minister can clarify w...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c243WH (Link to this contribution) It is important to put it on the record that the vast majority of those 47 cases were drawn to the a...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c245WH (Link to this contribution) On the role of the Gambling Commission, is the Minister telling us that he is perfectly satisfied wi...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c246WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. Let me say from the start that the actions of the...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c245WH (Link to this contribution) Okay, not "not done anything" but not enough. [Interruption.] Some hon. Members say that we could ha...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c244WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that information. I am particularly grateful to the sectors of the...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c244WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention; he has raised that issue with me before. ...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c243WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman prompts me to say, although I think I mentioned it earlier, that we can be proud ...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c243-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. O'Hara. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Mem...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c246WH (Link to this contribution) Time is running out, so I want to take the Minister back to the Antigua and Barbuda situation. He sp...
Speaker | 492 c247WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We must turn our attention to the next debate.
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c246-7WH (Link to this contribution) The Antiguan authorities came to see us. We checked their credentials in terms of the criteria for w...
Ian Gibson | 492 c225-6WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome all right hon. and hon. Members to this debate, and I thank them for entering into the spi...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c226WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He has spoken of widespread con...
Ian Gibson | 492 c226WH (Link to this contribution) Far be it from me to be critical, but there is enough dismay and concern for the Gambling Commission...
Bob Spink | 492 c226WH (Link to this contribution) How many of the 47 notifications received by the Gambling Commission have been investigated to a con...
David Leslie Taylor | 492 c226WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. He has done the House and the world of sport a servi...
Ian Gibson | 492 c226WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot be sure of the number, but I remember from the previous debate that it is small. We could i...
David Howarth | 492 c229WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the point that there must be some way of getting this vast am...
Ian Gibson | 492 c227-9WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend to some extent, but that is no excuse for not trying to root it out comp...
Ian Gibson | 492 c229-30WH (Link to this contribution) I concur with the hon. Gentleman. Some players at that level end up in the championship or the premi...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 492 c230WH (Link to this contribution) I am slightly concerned about linking sports rights to integrity issues. My hon. Friend is right to ...
Ian Gibson | 492 c230WH (Link to this contribution) There is an argument there, but it is the job of the taskforce to say how each organisation should p...
Philip Davies | 492 c231-2WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the logic of the hon. Gentleman's position; however, I refer him back to my opening rem...
Tobias Ellwood | 492 c232WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an interesting case. Does he agree that the amount of money already kicking...
Philip Davies | 492 c230-1WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) on securing this debate. He has raise...
David Leslie Taylor | 492 c231WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very fair point about the incomes earned in premiership football, which w...
Lord Foster of Bath | 492 c237-9WH (Link to this contribution) May I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) not only on securing t...
Jim Devine | 492 c236-7WH (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) on securing the debate and I hop...
Jeff Ennis | 492 c233-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) on introducing this timely ...
Philip Davies | 492 c232-3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. I submit that a sports levy would do nothing to address that probl...
Subjects
Betting Corruption Gambling Commission Sports
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