Clause 12
Finance (No. 2) Bill
9:15 am
Stewart Hosie (Spokesperson (Chancellor of the Exchequer; Home Secretary); Dundee East, Scottish National Party)
I seek a point of clarification from the Financial Secretary on the difference between categories B1 and A. The 12-month licence fee for category B1 machines—machines accepting a £2 stake for a £4,000 maximum prize—is £2,500. Category A machines, as he described them, accept unlimited stakes for effectively unlimited prizes, yet the 12-month licence costs only twice as much. If the prize from such machines is £50,000, £100,000 or whatever, is not £5,000 for a 12-month licence on the low side? I am trying to find out the Government’s thinking on the matter.