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HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for all those helpful suggestions. I genuinely appreciate the offers of help; it is clear that there is a desire to make these a tremendous Games, not only…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Obviously, I cannot commit to what future Governments will do. I can say only that, as far as we are concerned, we will be available. It is standard practice for Ministers to be…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]We are always encouraged to stay at the residence, so that saves hotel tax.09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]The only thing I would say to that is that I think we all agree. This is really a question of signing the importance. “Any other purpose” includes accessibility and many other…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for those contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and the right reverend Prelate are a difficult combination to face. The noble Lord was asking me to…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions and to my noble friend for raising this issue. As far as I was concerned, the question was whether this issue…09 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI shall not give a technical answer to that but there is technology using cookies and other data to direct advertising and gambling advertisements to certain people. If you can do…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingAs I said, the Gambling Commission has just finished taking evidence on that very subject and it is something that we will look at. The Secretary of State has indicated that it is…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingThe noble Lord has made many predictions in this House and we will see whether he is right. If it were true that the present Government were pawns of the gambling industry, they…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI absolutely agree, and that is why we are doing so. The industry is regulated by the Gambling Commission, which was set up to do that. One of the licence conditions is that those…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI do not know the answer to that but I will write to the noble Lord. The evidence that the Gambling Commission gets will be monitored continually. I shall have to ask whether it…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI do not know specifically whether we have directly talked about algorithms. However, I know that we have talked about the use of data, which of course is the food for algorithms.…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI do not see why the noble Lord thinks that the proposal will not make a difference, but it is in addition to other areas. It works in sync with the fact that there is now…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingThe right reverend Prelate, who has been vociferous in his views on this—I have been on the receiving end for several years—has done good work, but he is overexaggerating…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingI am grateful to both noble Lords. Among the criticism, I think that today’s announcement was welcomed. It is important to reflect on the fact that, whether there is a mandatory…02 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for DCMS earlier today in the other place: “Mr…02 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Not everyone does, I agree. My noble friend Lord Moynihan talked about delegated powers and the report from the DPRRC. We look forward to receiving that report fairly shortly, I…25 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]It is a bit difficult for me, as an old Etonian, to comment on that. I really do not think it has anything to do with it, but I may be biased. All I can say is that it was a…25 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope this Bill will be welcomed across the House. I am excited to be moving the Second Reading of it, not for the operational details outlined but because of the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.25 Jun 2019