Horse Racing
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 28 June 2006
Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister (Culture, Media & Sport), Culture, Media & Sport; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to enable the Government to meet their manifesto commitment to end their financial involvement in horse racing.
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
The Government's 2005 manifesto commitment with regards to horse racing stated,
"Having passed the necessary legislation the Government remains committed to completing the sale of the Tote to a Racing Trust".
My Department is pursuing a closed sale of the Tote to a consortium of racing interests.