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Brendan O'Hara Excerpts
Thursday 16th January 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Brendan O'Hara Portrait Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
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T3. It is six months to the day since the Government announced that the limits on charity lotteries would be raised, but to the frustration of charities and good causes, nothing has been done and they are losing millions of pounds of potential funding. Could the Minister perhaps text the Public Gallery and ask the Secretary of State when this will be done?

Helen Whately Portrait Helen Whately
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As the hon. Gentleman said, we announced last year that we would be increasing society lottery sales and prize limits. These changes require affirmative secondary legislation, and our aim is to lay this in Parliament very soon.