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 previous connections there have been between members of the Casino Advisory Panel and the Department.

Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)

Professor Stephen Crow had no connections with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport prior to his appointment as Chair of the Casino Advisory Panel. I met Professor Crow on one occasion when I was a Minister at the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Chris Collison had no previous connections with the Department prior to his appointment as a member of the panel. However, as a consultant with the London borough of Waltham Forest he represented that council on the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics Joint Planning Advisory Team.

James Froomberg made submissions to the gambling review body, which reported to the Department, on behalf of the greyhound racing industry. As a Director of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) and a member of BISL's gambling sub-group, until 2003 he was a member of a DCMS industry liaison group on behalf of the broader gambling industry. As Commercial Director of British Waterways, he has had a minor involvement in that company's Olympics related activities.

As director of finance and subsequently chief executive at Tyne and Wear Development Corporation up to 1998, Neil Mundy was involved in a project funded by the Millennium Commission.

Deep Sagar had no previous connections with DCMS prior to his appointment as a member of the panel.