Betting: Internet
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 27 October 2009
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the Horserace Betting Levy Board's advice on use of overseas-based betting operators who do not make levy payments in respect of online business.
Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Bradford South, Labour)
I meet regularly with representatives of the Horserace Betting Levy Board to discuss matters which affect the levy, including securing contributions from a wider range of operators. However, it is for the Horserace Betting Levy Board to decide what advice to give to racing and how to disseminate that advice.