Gambling Advertising

Lord Cormack Excerpts

Wednesday 12th September 2018 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

I say to the noble Lord what has been said in the House before: problem gambling has stayed static, at under 1% of adults, despite a steep rise in advertising since 2007. However, this is not the end of the story, because we are seeking more research. More work needs to be done. A major research survey by Per Binde in 2014 concluded that the impact was not particularly big, but he is doing more research as we speak.

[Lord Cormack (Con)]

My Lords, what are the odds on the Government’s taking sensible action before the end of this Parliament?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

That depends on what the noble Lord means by “sensible action”.