Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 16
16
Deferred
Require sporting bodies to publish the gambling sponsorship code without further undue delay.
Recommendation
The publication of the Code has been delayed repeatedly which is highly regrettable. The Government should require the relevant sporting bodies to publish the Code, incorporating the committee’s recommendations, without further undue delay. (Paragraph 86) Land-based gambling
Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses financial risk checks in gambling and the Gambling Commission's upcoming consultation response on this topic, completely ignoring the recommendation to require sporting bodies to publish 'the Code'.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
17. We welcome the Committee’s support of the principle of financial risk checks that are minimally intrusive and with appropriate data protection controls built in. We and the Gambling Commission are committed to a proportionate, frictionless system of financial risk checks, to protect those at risk of harm without over-regulating. This careful targeting of interventions has been a guiding principle during the development of the proposed financial risk checks. We are seeking to protect those at the greatest risk of devastating and life-changing financial losses, and there is a clear need for specific requirements on online operators to prevent substantial unchecked spend. We recognise that this needs to be proportionate and we expect the Gambling Commission to publish its consultation response following its summer 2023 consultation in due course detailing how this will be achieved, including a commitment to undertaking a pilot for enhanced risk assessments.