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HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingBut it does not accept those figures any more.26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingI very much agree with my right hon. Friend, as I happily do on most things. Of course people spend more than they should on all those other things, but the Government are…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingI know that my hon. Friend is a big supporter of Windsor racecourse in his constituency. I will come on to that later. I hope you will think about the interventions I am taking,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThe figures have been discredited, and it does not accept them any more.26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThe hon. Gentleman has repeated this line that over 400 people a year die of suicide as a result of gambling—a figure that has been discredited many times and with which the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThe hon. Gentleman will have the opportunity to have his say later, and I am anxious about Sir Edward’s strictures. The Gambling Commission has always said that the threat from…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingAs ever, my hon. Friend speaks up very well for the racing industry. Was he, like me, surprised to hear the SNP appear to argue that it does not want any income for racecourses…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I am not renowned for brisk speeches, but I will try my best. I am sure the people of Market Rasen are delighted to see you…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThat admission is far more damaging to the hon. Gentleman’s reputation than it is to mine.26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThanks. Thankfully, readers of the Racing Post and punters still believe in the timeless Conservative principle of individual responsibility. In a recent poll of punters carried…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThe hon. Gentleman is making a very interesting speech. May I refer him to the comments made by the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn)? He made it clear that without…26 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Risk Checks for GamblingThe hon. Lady is being very generous, and I commend her on being knowledgeable on the subject. I have a lot of time for her, as she knows. Based on what she said, would she…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire said that people have said that this is not a retail issue—it does not come up on the doorstep. Does my hon. Friend the Member…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) BillI commend my hon. Friend for all her extensive consultation on this issue. It seems from what she says that no logical reason has been given to be against the measures in the Bill…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI understand the point the Minister makes, but last year at the grand national at Aintree, we saw lots of people entering the racecourse without a ticket whose only purpose was to…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI’m a Bradford City man.23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan). I am delighted that he managed to get “common sense” in before the end of his speech, because my wife…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am sure we are all very grateful for that intervention. It is amazing what you find out on a Friday, isn’t it, Mr Deputy Speaker? It is like a confessional. Perhaps other…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am very grateful for that clarification, which was genuinely useful. The other point I want to spend very few minutes on, which I raised in my intervention on the hon.…23 Feb 2024