Schedule 3 - The Gambling Commission

Part of Gambling Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:55 pm on 11 November 2004.

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Photo of Don Foster Don Foster Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 4:55, 11 November 2004

I am grateful for that clarification, but I think that that is what I said: there will be nine, and potentially more. We still do not know how many more. Nevertheless, I am grateful for the further explanation.

In respect of what the membership is likely to be, the Minister was less than helpful but used some very fine words. We are all grateful to hear from him that the Secretary of State will ''have due cognisance of the wider issues.'' That is enormously helpful, although we have no idea what it means.

Mr. Caborn rose—