New Clause. — (Prohibition of Certain Activities for Protection of Pool Betting Duty.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 June 1952.

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Photo of Mr Will Nally Mr Will Nally , Bilston 12:00, 17 June 1952

It may have been a clumsy phrase on my part about precisely what happened. The Financial Secretary would probably be unaware of it, but downstairs recently he did meet a gentleman, as he was perfectly entitled to do, who was with others. He may not have known that the gentleman he saw, and with whom he discussed this Clause and another Clause, was in fact one of our leading football pool millionaires. I can well understand why the name may not have been familiar to the Financial Secretary, as the name of the pool is different from the name of the person concerned; and I can well understand why the person concerned was not anxious that the Financial Secretary should fully understand what was his financial interest in the matter.