Part of Orders of the Day — Dog Racecourse Betting (Temporary Provisions) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 1947.
Mr Roland Robinson
, Blackpool South
12:00,
21 March 1947
I raised this point on the Second Reading of the Bill and set out what I thought were the arguments for the seaside resorts. I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will not allow this opportunity to pass without giving us a, reasonable reply. I would draw his attention to the point which I raised yesterday about these facilities when he said:
If … the holiday resorts were unable to make the necessary arrangements with the association controlling that particular sport, I should be very happy to do what I could to see that matters were sorted out properly "—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 20th March, 1947; Vol. 435, c. 568.]
The proposed new Clause is purely permissive. We are proposing to give the right hon. Gentleman power to use it if he thinks he should have it.
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