Public Bill Committees
National Lottery Bill

• National Lottery Bill, 1st sitting (11 speeches)
  [Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - National Lottery Distribution Fund: apportionment (115 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 24, in clause 7, page 4, line 21, leave out 'prescribed'.
• National Lottery Bill, 2nd sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - National Lottery Distribution Fund: apportionment (31 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 4, in clause 7, page 4, line 35, leave out ‘or’ and insert— ‘(da)any of the Channel Islands, or’.—[Mr. Caborn.]
  • Clause 19 - Meaning of “charitable expenditure” (0 speeches)
    Motion made and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Establishment (24 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 2 - New Schedule 4A to the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (66 speeches)
    Before we start the debate, let me say that, having studied the Bill carefully, I am acutely conscious of the fact that many of these clauses and issues overlap. I do not have a big problem with...
  • Clause 14 - Functions (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 15, in clause 14, page 7, line 4, at end insert— ‘(1A)The value of loans made under subsection (1) must not exceed the value of grants made under...
• National Lottery Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Clause 14 - Functions (68 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 46, in clause 14, page 8, line 13, leave out ‘comply with any direction given to it’ and insert ‘have regard to any guidance made’.
• National Lottery Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 14 - Functions (19 speeches)
    Amendment proposed this day: No. 46, in clause 14, page 8, line 13, leave out ‘comply with any direction given to it’ and insert ‘have regard to any guidance...
  • Clause 8 - Reallocation of funds (63 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 98, in clause 8, page 5, leave out lines 13 to 15 and insert— ‘(2)In exercising his duties under section 33 (3), the Comptroller and Auditor General may...
  • Clause 9 - Investment income (30 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 10 - Distributing bodies: consultation (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 12, in clause 10, page 5, line 36, leave out from ‘body’ to end of line 39 and insert— ‘(a)must consult— (i)the Secretary of State,...
• National Lottery Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 - Distributing bodies: publicity (38 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 14, in clause 11, page 6, line 8, at end insert ‘or’.
  • Clause 12 - Isle of Man (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 7, in clause 12, page 6, line 18, after second ‘to’, insert ‘— (a)’. No. 8, in clause 12, page 6, line 18, at end insert ‘, or (b)any of...
  • Dissolution (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 10, in clause 15, page 9, leave out lines 23 and 24 and insert— ‘(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide that one or more of the following shall...
  • Clause 16 - Transfer of property, &c. (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 103, in clause 16, page 10, line 27, after ‘section’, insert ‘or section 36E of the principal Act’. This is a simple amendment, and I shall...
  • Clause 17 - Outstanding balances (23 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 71, in clause 17, page 10, line 42, leave out ‘an old lottery distributor’ and insert ‘the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund’.
  • Clause 18 - Consequential amendments (1 speech)
    I beg to move amendment No. 11, in clause 18, page 11, line 32, leave out ‘, 30’. This minor technical amendment completes several consequential amendments that fall out of the...
  • Clause 1 - Constitution (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, after ‘members’, insert ‘but not more than seven’.
  • Clause 2 - Disclosure of information (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 2, in clause 2, page 2, line 19, leave out ‘of Customs and Excise’ and insert ‘for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’.
  • Clause 3 - Licensees (14 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 4 - Length of licence (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 21, in clause 4, page 3, line 7, leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘10’.
• National Lottery Bill, 6th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 5 - Fees (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 23, in clause 5, page 3, line 29, at end insert— '(2A) The level of fee prescribed shall be the Secretary of State's estimate of the cost to the Secretary of...
  • Clause 6 - Licensing structure (16 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 1 - National lottery licensing (17 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the First schedule to the Bill.
• National Lottery Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • New Clause 1 - GUIDANCE TO DISTRIBUTING BODIES (45 speeches)
    ‘After section 27 of the National Lottery etc. Act (1993) (c. 39), insert— “27AGuidance to distributing bodies (1)The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to the distributing...
• National Lottery Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • New Clause 1 - GUIDANCE TO DISTRIBUTING BODIES (52 speeches)
    ‘After section 27 of the National Lottery etc. Act (1993) (c. 39), insert— “27AGuidance to distributing bodies (1)The Secretary of State shall issue guidance to the distributing...
  • New Clause 2 - DISTRIBUTING BODIES: CRITERIA FOR DISTRIBUTION (16 speeches)
    ‘After section 25(1A) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (application of money by distributing bodies), insert— “(1B)In determining how to distribute money in accordance with...