Weekly Lottery Draws

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Heritage – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 March 1997.

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Photo of Mrs Virginia Bottomley Mrs Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for National Heritage 12:00, 3 March 1997

No. They sat on the fence and abstained. What we are now hearing is a "united" Opposition who are only too keen to demonstrate that they all did different things—I believe that to be true, and I think that many others do too. They deeply resent Camelot because it makes a profit—they are hostile to success and want to penalise anybody who has made a profit. They said that they would cap the prizes, but now believe that that is unpopular. Most of their suggestions about the lottery look like applications for a Sports Council kite-flying prize. As for the rest of us, we thank goodness that the national lottery was introduced by this Government, that it was this Prime Minister's idea and that it is enormously benefiting the towns and cities of this country.