Clause 58 — Age limit for Category D gaming machines

Part of Orders of the Day — Gambling Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:30 pm on 24 January 2005.

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Photo of John Greenway John Greenway Conservative, Ryedale 7:30, 24 January 2005

My right hon. Friend talks about whether new evidence will emerge in a blinding light and persuade him to change his mind. A number of organisations told the pre-legislative scrutiny Committee that such machines were damaging to children, but in my judgment and that of the Committee, that was pure assertion. There was not a shred of evidence that it was true. If it were true, we would have more problem gamblers than other countries, which we do not.