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Written answers and statements, 28 February 2007

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Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which people were informed of the Casino Advisory Panel's (CAP) decision to nominate Manchester as a location for a regional casino prior to the publication of CAP's final report.

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

Those who were privy to the Casino Advisory Panel's recommendations prior to 29 January were members of the Casino Advisory Panel, its secretariat, their legal advisers and personnel from the company that printed the panel's report.

A team of eight DCMS officials and lawyers, with responsibility for gambling policy, were informed of the panel's recommendations at 6 pm on the evening before the panel's announcement on 30 January to enable them to prepare briefing for Ministers on the panel's recommendations.

Ministers, and other relevant officials, were informed of the panel's recommendations at 9 am on the morning of the announcement.

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