John Pugh
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(13 years, 1 month ago)
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Hugh Robertson
I would have thought that my answering was encouragingly non-gender specific.
We were trying to work this out earlier, but I have a suspicion that the first medal at London 2012, the first gold and, indeed, the last medal were all won by female athletes. They made a huge contribution, both to Team GB and to Paralympics GB. All of us absolutely want to do everything possible to build on that and use it to encourage more young women to get into sport.
John Pugh (Southport) (LD)
T4. What assessment have the Government made of problem gambling on the internet, given the prevalence of the advertising?
Hugh Robertson
It is absolutely our intention to tackle the issue by regulating gambling at the point of consumption. Proposals to that effect will be brought forward later this year.