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Commons Chamber
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Wed 26 Mar 2014
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) Friend agree that this announcement and today’s developments are very good news for racing, which provides - Speech Link
2: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) people and assists in leveraging billions of pounds of inward investment.Horse racing is inextricably - Speech Link
3: David Nuttall (CON - Bury North) we will look at wider levy reform and at introducing a ‘racing right’ to support the sport.” - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) I worked my way up through a racing stable and then became a jockey at various stages of my life. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Tue 18 Mar 2014
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Lipsey (LAB - Life peer) Mr Laurence Robertson, who chairs the Racing and Bloodstock Industries All-Party Group—are both anti-levy - Speech Link
2: None certain ways, and not necessarily in the ways racing would have preferred. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Whether one is a stable lad or a racehorse owner, we all enjoy the racing and we love the horses. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Tue 14 Jan 2014
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Viscount Falkland (CB - Excepted Hereditary) the bloodstock agency in particular, and the other half of which—the racecourses and the people who - Speech Link
2: Lord Lipsey (LAB - Life peer) For years we have had a situation where the bookmakers and racing were at loggerheads, because racing - Speech Link
3: None We started at 11 am and never stopped racing all day. - Speech Link
4: Lord Cavendish of Furness (CON - Life peer) Lord Longford were racing together and fell off together, and their heads collided together. - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) He and I know that the British racing industry strongly disagrees with this interpretation and, having - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Tue 17 Dec 2013
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Viscount Falkland (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I hope that the Government will seriously look at racing and the problems that it faces. - Speech Link
2: Lord Risby (CON - Life peer) right would represent a major step forward for racing and gambling regulation more widely. - Speech Link
3: Lord Cavendish of Furness (CON - Life peer) Therefore I know a little about jumps racing and almost nothing about the flat. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Tue 26 Nov 2013
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None The all-party racing and bloodstock industries group recently visited Wincanton and looked at the yard - Speech Link
2: Philip Davies (CON - Shipley) for racing and the racing industry. - Speech Link
3: Helen Grant (CON - Maidstone and The Weald) I am not prepared to cut corners—we owe that to betting and to racing. - Speech Link
4: Gerry Sutcliffe (LAB - Bradford South) the grand national and many other racing events, sport and gambling are interlinked.The important thing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - Tue 05 Nov 2013
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) does not completely deal with modern betting and racing practices, so, as I have previously said, I - Speech Link
2: Gerry Sutcliffe (LAB - Bradford South) Such bodies included people from football, cricket, rugby union, horse racing and many other sports, - Speech Link
3: Philip Davies (CON - Shipley) I am delighted that an agreement has been reached between racing and bookmakers, but in my view, and - Speech Link
4: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) I am a joint chairman of the all-party group on racing and bloodstock, and the Cheltenham race course - Speech Link
5: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) As always when we discuss issues relating to betting and horse racing, this has been a good debate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 31 Oct 2013
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Ian Swales (LDEM - Redcar) funding arrangement to support Redcar race course and the rest of our vital horse racing industry? - Speech Link
2: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) jobs in the betting and horse racing industries? - Speech Link
3: Helen Grant (CON - Maidstone and The Weald) The horse racing industry is a great British success story enjoyed by millions, including me, and I agree - Speech Link
4: Gerry Sutcliffe (LAB - Bradford South) and bloodstock industries to talk about these issues so that we can keep the pressure on? - Speech Link
5: Helen Grant (CON - Maidstone and The Weald) with modern betting and racing practices, so, as I have previously said, I will consult. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Offshore Gambling Bill - Fri 25 Jan 2013
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) He and I share a love of horse racing, and I shall a say little about the contribution that racing makes - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) The industry is vital, and a large number of trainers, jockeys, breeders, bloodstock agents and stable - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) and in jump racing a reduction of almost 20%. - Speech Link
4: Paul Farrelly (LAB - Newcastle-under-Lyme) , and if the racing element is dealt with separately. - Speech Link
5: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) maintaining racing as a sustainable and viable activity. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland Economy - Thu 01 Mar 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) Usually, you and I jointly chair the all-party group on racing and bloodstock industries, so today’s - Speech Link
2: Naomi Long (Alliance - Belfast East) skills and research and development. - Speech Link
3: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) to growing the private sector and supporting innovation, research and development, and creativity. - Speech Link
4: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) They gathered money from friends and relatives and from savings and selling things off. - Speech Link
5: Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP - Belfast South) Northern Ireland is perfectly placed to harness wind and wave energy, and biomass and biogas. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Horse Racing (Funding) - Tue 22 Nov 2011
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) in and around racing in Newmarket. - Speech Link
2: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) racing and bookmakers. - Speech Link
3: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) racing and bookmakers. - Speech Link
4: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) racing and bookmakers. - Speech Link
5: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) They are trying to diversify away from racing and into sports such as cricket and football. - Speech Link
6: Gerry Sutcliffe (LAB - Bradford South) It is good to see the co-chair of the all-party group on racing and bloodstock industries, the hon. - Speech Link
7: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) I am joint-chairman of the all-party group on racing and bloodstock industries, along with the hon. - Speech Link