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HANSARD Jack Ritchie: Gambling Act ReviewI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I hope that he has heard me speak on these topics relatively frequently, including just a week or two ago, and I hope that he will…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Jack Ritchie: Gambling Act ReviewI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The reason I highlighted those failings was to make the point that proportionate reform is needed. I agree with him that it is no…21 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Lottery UpdateThe Gambling Commission has today announced the outcome of its competition to run the 4th National Lottery licence, covering the 10-year period from 2024 to 2034. In accordance…15 Mar 2022HANSARDOnline Safety: Cyberflashing OffenceI wish to inform the House that the Government are legislating through the Online Safety Bill to create an offence related to the behaviour known as cyberflashing. It is important…14 Mar 2022HANSARDOnline Advertising UpdateI am today, along with my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Security and Borders (Damian Hinds), announcing a package of work regarding the regulation of online…09 Mar 2022HANSARDOnline AbuseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Roger. Colleagues will be pleased to hear that I do not anticipate taking up the entire two hours that remain.…28 Feb 2022HANSARDOnline SafetyThe Government recognise the impact that online abuse, including anonymous abuse, has on people and their online experience. Too many people experience online abuse and protecting…25 Feb 2022HANSARDPlatinum Jubilee Pageant LtdI am repeating the following written ministerial statement made today in the other place by my noble Friend the Minister for Arts, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: I am tabling this…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRacing Industry: GamblingI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss his ideas. I assure him that proper impact assessments will be done. We know that horse-racing is a vital sport for the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRacing Industry: GamblingI thank my hon. Friend for the meeting that we recently attended. As I said, we will consider the impact of the whole set of proposals covered in the gambling White Paper, which…10 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Tennis CourtsI thank the hon. Member for his question and for the meetings that we have had with the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) and my right hon. Friend the Member for…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRacing Industry: GamblingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for attending the recent meeting that we had on the topic. We are, of course, concerned about the possibility of black market gambling. I hope…10 Feb 2022HANSARDLocal Tennis CourtsMy hon. Friend raises an important question, but we need to distinguish between broadcasters, or indeed newspapers, that are exercising editorial judgment, and social media…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRacing Industry: GamblingI have had extensive conversations with the horse-racing industry and with hon. Members who represent constituencies with racing interests on the Gambling Act 2005 review in…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRacing Industry: GamblingAll kinds of measures have been taken to address some of those very serious problems, which I completely recognise and accept. For example, a year or two ago, the use of credit…10 Feb 2022HANSARDChild Online SafetyProtecting children online is a Government priority and the strongest protections in the draft Online Safety Bill are for children. The Online Safety Bill will establish new…08 Feb 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill: Priority OffencesI wish to inform the House that the Government will be making a change to the Online Safety Bill, to set out priority offences in primary legislation on the face of the Bill. This…07 Feb 2022HANSARDModernising Communications Offences: Law Commission ReviewI wish to inform the House that the Government will be accepting the recommended harm-based communications offence, false communications offence and threatening communications…04 Feb 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeLet me start by putting on record my thanks and the Government’s thanks for the work that the Select Committee has done. We are grateful for the time and attention that its…27 Jan 2022HANSARD English Football League Governance: Derby County FCThe hon. Member makes a very powerful and eloquent point. As I said in response to the points made by the right hon. Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett), I am sure the EFL…18 Jan 2022