Football Association and Bet365

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 9 January 2020.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Richard Graham Richard Graham Conservative, Gloucester 10:30, 9 January 2020

I congratulate Carolyn Harris on securing this urgent question. I welcome the Minister’s comments following the Prime Minister’s earlier call for this unacceptable deal to be scrapped. It is unacceptable because it goes in completely the wrong direction; it is the gamblification of sport. It seriously damages the reputation of both the Football Association and IMG. Does the Minister agree that the FA should return, as soon as possible, to working to reduce the links between football and gambling, and that it should do away with this deal and avoid the proven risks of relentless online marketing, particularly on young men?