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HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My noble friend raises an interesting point that has not been made hitherto during the passage of the Bill, but I know that he speaks with considerable experience from his time…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 to 4. In doing so, I will briefly summarise the changes which…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005Yes, there is an important part for local authorities to play, just as there is for the NHS. It is right that the industry contributes to treatment costs, and the largest…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005As my honourable friend the Minister with responsibility for gambling has made clear, we will respond to the review in the coming months. My noble friend makes an important point…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005My Lords, it is also important to remember that a great number of people gamble legally and enjoy doing so without harm. We want to strike the right balance to make sure that…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005The Government have always been clear, as I said, that we will look at the case for alternative funding mechanisms and all options remain on the table. Of course, we are taking…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005The Gambling Act review is looking at the Gambling Commission’s powers and resources, and how it uses them. The Commission has a new chairman and chief executive, who will be…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My noble friend asks a good question, on which I will have to write to give him the answer and the full list, if he will forgive me for doing so. I was just coming to the third…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005As the noble Lord rightly notes, we have made significant progress in recent years to make online gambling safer, including a ban on gambling with credit cards as well as new…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005The Government have always been clear that they will look at the case for alternative funding mechanisms if there is a funding gap. All options remain on the table, including a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005The noble Baroness makes an important point. We have seen already, through the evidence gathered by Public Health England, the way that there are differential impacts on certain…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005That research by the Social Market Foundation was, I know, noted in the letter sent to my honourable friend the Gambling Minister. We see a clear role for considering an…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 to 4.09 Feb 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their remarks, which reflect the cross-party work that has improved this Bill throughout its passage and the interest…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, the Greek Prime Minister raised this issue with our Prime Minister when they met last November. Our Prime Minister emphasised the UK’s longstanding position that this is…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesI think it is important that we look at this on a case-by-case basis. There are a number of national museums which are prohibited by law from deaccessioning items, and then there…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, the British Museum has more than 4.5 million objects from its collection that are available to study online. It is visited by 6 million people a year, and its fantastic…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesI congratulate my noble friend on his recent appointment as chairman of Sir John Soane’s Museum. He is absolutely right that the British Museum is indeed a very generous lender,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, fortunately for all Ministers, government policy is not made by the things that Ministers wrote when we were undergraduates. The Prime Minister has made the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, the Acropolis Museum is indeed remarkable. I had the pleasure of visiting some years ago, and I greatly enjoyed it—just as I have enjoyed visiting the British Museum,…08 Feb 2022