Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

Debate between Lord Jackson of Peterborough and Helen Grant

Wednesday 8th January 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mrs Grant]

My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point.

[Mr Stewart Jackson]

I have a great deal of sympathy with what the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) said, but I think that the Labour party’s motion is cynical and opportunistic, given recent history. Does the Minister not think that the Government’s case would be much more compelling if they were prepared to observe the precautionary principle of looking at the £100-a-spin game before the demonstrable empirical evidence is published in the autumn, particularly in respect of the impact on vulnerable people?

[Mrs Grant]

I assure my hon. Friend that we will look at everything: no stone will remain unturned.