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HANSARDGambling: Loot BoxesMy Lords, bearing in mind that loot boxes may be a first step in children developing a gambling addiction in later life, how can the Government justify an 18-month delay before…19 May 2022HANSARDGambling Harm (Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee Report)Not guilty, my Lords.27 Apr 2022HANSARDGambling Harm (Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee Report)My Lords, before the interruption I was saying that this is not just an issue for the Exchequer. There are gains for the economy as a whole if expenditure by the public in the…27 Apr 2022HANSARDGambling Harm (Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-chair of Peers for Gambling Reform. I, too, was a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the…27 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I have added my name to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and I really need to add very little to what he has said. It is very difficult to see why there…25 Apr 2022HANSARDEaster Recess: Government UpdateMy Lords, I will refer to the first part of the Prime Minister’s Statement. It will be understood how distressing it has been for those of us for whom it was the greatest…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I put my name to the amendment that has just been introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, because this is an important subject. The disinterested recommendations of…28 Mar 2022HANSARDNHS: Gambling Treatment ServicesMy Lords, with respect, the Minister did not really answer the question about the financing of these services. Does he accept, or understand, that those who treat and research…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I have mixed feelings on this occasion. As the House may remember from my remarks on Report, I always thought that our amendment to the Bill that we passed back to the…22 Mar 2022HANSARDConstitutional ReformMy Lords, the measures that the Minister referred to were for the most part unilateral initiatives on the part of the Government. What has happened to the proposal in the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords—10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I put my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, which my noble and learned friend Lord Judge will move this afternoon. As I may…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. His complaints against the Electoral Commission may be justified, but can he explain how a strategy and policy…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, since the Minister will no doubt address the question that the noble Lord, Lord Collins, raised, perhaps I may just add a supplementary. In addition to asking what…10 Mar 2022HANSARDGambling AdvertisingMy Lords, I am very grateful for this opportunity to speak very briefly in the gap. Owing to the restraint of others, the gap is perhaps a bit longer than I had expected but I do…01 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege and a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moore, and to be the first to congratulate him on his delightful maiden speech. The noble Lord…23 Feb 2022HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, as an old Treasury man I cannot go all the way with the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. It is regrettable that we do not have more speakers in this evening’s debate…22 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 5, to exclude Clause 3 entirely from the Bill, which has been grouped with the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Norton. I do…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I too am very grateful to those who have taken part in this debate. This for me is a matter of principle. It is wrong, as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, the noble and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005My Lords, in the speech to the GambleAware conference to which the Minister referred, the Gambling Minister recognised that affordability checks were key to reducing gambling…09 Feb 2022