Orders of the Day — National Lottery Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:11 pm on 7 April 1998.

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Photo of Mrs Diana Organ Mrs Diana Organ Labour, Forest of Dean 6:11, 7 April 1998

I welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate, because my first nervous words in the Chamber were to ask the Secretary of State about his plans to make the lottery more relevant to ordinary people. In my supplementary, I raised my concern that people in rural areas should receive an equal and fair share of lottery funding.

It was clear, both before the general election and subsequently, that many people wanted the proceeds of the lottery to go to health and education projects. That was demonstrated by the responses to the lottery White Paper, with 90 per cent. supporting the suggestion.