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Written Question
Football: Gambling
Monday 27th June 2022

Asked by: Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party - Inverclyde)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many football clubs in the premier league have gambling sponsors.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

Football clubs can enter a wide variety of responsible commercial partnerships, which may be promoted in different ways including through kit sponsorships, advertising in stadiums or on club websites. In the 21/22 football season, all 20 Premier League clubs had an official betting partner, while nine clubs had front-of-shirt sponsorship by a gambling operator.

The Government does not make an assessment of the number of children attending professional football matches.

Evidence on the impacts of gambling sponsorship in sports, including the issue of children’s exposure to gambling brands, is being closely considered as part of the government's Review of the Gambling Act. A white paper will be published in the coming weeks outlining our conclusions and next steps.

Written Question
Gambling
Wednesday 22nd June 2022

Asked by: Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party - Inverclyde)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the forthcoming gambling White Paper will specify that gambling affordability assessments should be put in place independently of the gambling industry.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 May to Question UIN 338.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Statutory Gambling Levy

"Has it crossed the hon. Member’s mind that the difficulty for the NHS in rolling out its plan for 15 clinics is the lack of guaranteed funding, which is exactly the strategy that a smart statutory levy would cover?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Statutory Gambling Levy

"Thank you very much, Mr Betts. It is a pleasure to be here this morning. I thank the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for bringing forward this debate.

Gambling legislation is reserved to Westminster. The UK Government must publish the gambling review White Paper and that must include …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Statutory Gambling Levy

"I asked the Minister a question about section 123 of the Gambling Act. I do not understand why it has not been enacted...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Football Index Collapse

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) on bringing forward this debate. I was assured as recently as this morning in this very room by a Government Minister that the gambling review White Paper is due in the coming weeks. Minister, we cannot keep meeting like this. Among …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Football Index Collapse

"Absolutely. I will touch on that briefly later. I watched “Question Time” from Belfast a couple of weeks ago, and I was surprised that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) did not intervene at any point.

BetIndex failed to properly notify the Gambling Commission of the nature of the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Football Index Collapse

"I have listened to what the Minister has said about compensation. Under section 123 of the Gambling Act 2005, the DCMS Secretary can impose a levy, at the level they determine, for any purpose whatsoever...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Gambling-related Harm

"This is a caveat, but Denise Coates paid herself a billion pounds over the course of four years. If I earned a billion pounds, I would make sure I paid my tax as well...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Mar 2022
Gambling-related Harm

"I must say, I am pleased that people have come here to talk on behalf of the gambling industry. Too often, we talk in a silo and do not hear what other people have to say. I am glad they have come here, spoken out, expressed themselves so eloquently and …..."
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