Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) very little action in respect of gambling advertising.The Gambling Act 2005 liberalised gambling advertising - Speech Link
2: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Con - Life peer) Problem gambling rises each year; advertising spend on gambling rises each year; and gambling among young - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) Like most people, I am exposed to adverts on TV, billboards and the internet. - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) According to the Gambling Commission, 80,000 UK children are addicted to gambling or at risk of gambling - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Lady is pointing to her phone, and she is absolutely right that it is so much easier to access the internet - Speech Link
Correspondence Feb. 21 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bath, Chair, Peers for Gambling Reform, relating to Gambling regulation
Correspondence Feb. 06 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Letter from Carolyn Harris MP, Chair, APPG for Gambling Related Harm, relating to Gambling regulation
Written Evidence Jan. 30 2024
Inquiry: Financial EducationFound: FE0015 - Financial Education Internet Matters Written Evidence
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent Scotland - Easy ReadFound: These include drugs, gambling and organised crime.An independent Scotland would also work with other
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what systems the Gambling Commission has in place to (a) monitor, (b) close down and (c) take other action against illegal gambling sites.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
As set out in the response to WPQ 2835, the best available estimates suggest the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets in this country. The Gambling Commission takes a risk-based approach to the illegal provision of gambling facilities. The 2021 fees uplift increased investment in how the Commission monitors and tackles the black market. It operates on a system of escalating interventions where it identifies unlicensed operators interacting with British customers, from initial cease and desist letters up to more robust disruption. This includes working with internet search and service providers to delist illegal operators and restrict access, working with payment providers and financial institutions to cut illegal operators off from payments, and working with software providers to prevent access to popular products and games.
As we committed to in the white paper, we are also legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to give stronger powers to the Gambling Commission to take down criminal gambling websites, and plan to reform the Commission's fee structure to give it greater flexibility to respond to emerging risks, such as black market gambling.
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's Gambling white paper, published on 27 April 2023. whether she plans to take steps to help reduce the impact of the white paper's proposals on (a) casual gamblers and (b) the growth of illegal gambling.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
His Majesty’s Government recognises that, while millions of people gamble online without experiencing problems, for some it becomes an addiction with serious consequences. The white paper, published in April this year, outlines a balanced and proportionate package of measures.
The white paper’s proposals are targeted to protect those most at risk of gambling addiction or suffering catastrophic losses, while having minimal impact on the freedoms of the large majority of gamblers. For example, financial risk checks will be frictionless checks and based on data sharing, and only apply to only the very highest spenders. Proposed changes to game design rules will only impact the most intense products and not how most people ordinarily play, and the proposed data sharing between operators is only for those showing strong indicators of harm. “Casual gamblers” will also benefit from a number of the reforms, such as the new ombudsman to provide redress when things go wrong, greater control over the gambling marketing they receive, and reforms to support the land-based sector. Where proposals have been subject to consultation, we and the Gambling Commission are considering all responses carefully, including from gamblers not suffering harm.
We are also taking strong action to tackle illegal gambling alongside our reforms to the licensed sector. The Gambling Commission has been engaging with internet search and service providers to delist illegal operators and restrict access, working with payment providers and financial institutions to cut illegal operators off from payments, and working with software providers to prevent access to popular products and games. Furthermore, as we committed in the white paper, we are legislating through the recently introduced Criminal Justice Bill to give the Gambling Commission tough new powers to tackle criminal gambling websites.
Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) protocol addresses and internet domain namesQuestion proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Quite often, internet infrastructure providers based overseas will only take action when a court order - Speech Link
3: Carolyn Harris (Lab - Swansea East) Will this apply to illegal gambling sites and crypto casinos? - Speech Link
4: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) as Minister for technology and gambling a couple of years ago. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) freeze web pages, sometimes long after they have loaded.We are ensuring that the rules around data and internet - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Far from weakening data rights, as we move into the age of the internet of things and artificial intelligence - Speech Link
3: Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Con - Life peer) I am a child of the dial- up internet connection, when mobile phones were only for phone calls and the - Speech Link
4: Viscount Colville of Culross (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It will soon be possible to make videos of anybody saying anything and spread them across the internet - Speech Link
5: Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The ease with which young and old can access misogynistic violence and abuse on the internet is a stain - Speech Link