Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Gambling regulation

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Dec 2022 Closed: 21 May 2024 23 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

MPs are to examine the Government’s approach to the regulation of gambling, following warnings that more needs to be done to protect people, including children, from gambling-related harm. The DCMS Committee inquiry will be investigating the progress the Government has made in addressing the issues raised by Parliament, how to ensure regulation can keep up …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Gambling regulation HC 176 21 Dec 2023 28 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
1 Recommendation Second Report - Gambling regulation Not Addressed

Publish detailed timetable for delivery of Gambling White Paper proposals and legislation.

It is welcome that the Government and Gambling Commission are proceeding with the various consultations on the White Paper at pace, but delivering its main proposals by summer next year will be challenging and at risk from wider political events. We are concerned that no mention of gambling legislation was …

Government response. The government did not provide a detailed timetable for the delivery of the White Paper's proposals or the introduction of primary legislation, instead explaining its chosen implementation approach via existing powers and secondary legislation.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
11 Recommendation Second Report - Gambling regulation Not Addressed

Review the case for banning children's access to all social casino games

Social casino products are the latest example of the convergence between video games and gambling. Though it has responded to the specific issue of loot boxes, the Government must address this wider trend to ensure harms, particularly to children, are prevented. It will be more difficult to do so if …

Government response. The government repeats the recommendation verbatim.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Sep 2023 Andrew Rhodes · Gambling Commission, Ben Dean · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sarah Gardner · Gambling Commission, Tim Miller · Gambling Commission View ↗
18 Jul 2023 Charles Ritchie · Gambling with Lives, Dr James Noyes · Social Market Foundation, Dr Matthew Gaskell · NHS Northern Gambling Service, Professor Heather Wardle · University of Glasgow, Will Prochaska · Gambling with Lives View ↗
11 Jul 2023 John White · Bacta, Michael Dugher · Betting and Gaming Council, Miles Baron · Bingo Association, Wes Himes · Betting and Gaming Council View ↗
16 May 2023 Anna Hargrave · GambleAware, Anna Hemmings · GamCare, Matthew Hickey · Gordon Moody View ↗

Correspondence

14 letters
DateDirectionTitle
21 May 2024 To cttee Letter from Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society, r…
21 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bath, Chair, Peers for Gambling Reform, relat…
6 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from Carolyn Harris MP, Chair, APPG for Gambling Related Harm, relating …
13 Dec 2023 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Ga…
12 Dec 2023 To cttee Letter from Michael Dugher, Chief Executive, Betting and Gaming Council, relati…
21 Nov 2023 To cttee Letter from Dan Waugh, Partner, Regulus Partners, relating to statistics on gam…
14 Nov 2023 To cttee Letter from Zoë Osmond, Chief Executive, GambleAware, relating to oral evidence…
18 Oct 2023 To cttee Letter from Charles Ritchie MBE, Co-founder and Co-Chair, Gambling with Lives, …
19 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Dr Jane Rigbye, Chief Executive, Ygam, relating to Gambling oral ev…
12 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Soc…
5 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Mi…
5 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, Samaritans, relating to oral eviden…
5 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Charles Ritchie MBE, Co-founder and Co-Chair, Gambling with Lives, …
5 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Soc…