Orders of the Day — National Lottery Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:16 pm on 7 April 1998.

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Photo of Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley Conservative, South Cambridgeshire 7:16, 7 April 1998

The hon. Gentleman is explaining the essential character of the various projects that the Government propose to fund from the lottery. If they are so integral to the performance of their respective tasks, why does the hon. Gentleman conclude that the Government considered it wrong for them to be funded by taxpayers' money? Why did the Government not think that they were so valuable that they should be financed by mainstream programmes?