Gambling White Paper - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:40 pm on 20 July 2022.

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Photo of Lord Austin of Dudley Lord Austin of Dudley Non-affiliated 3:40, 20 July 2022

My Lords, one problem gambler is of course one too many, but the vast majority gamble safely. Will the Minister make sure that any affordability checks do not force customers to provide intrusive personal information such as pay slips and bank statements? Will he also tell us what modelling DCMS has done on requiring customers to consent to companies accessing private financial data? That would cause—as it has in Europe—an exodus of gamblers from the regulated industry to the growing, unsafe, unregulated, online black market.