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Oral Answers to Questions

Lord McLoughlin Excerpts
Tuesday 21st May 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mel Stride Portrait The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride)
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We are simply making sure that the tax that was always due is paid, and that is right and proper. As I have set out, we are taking a front-footed approach to clamping down on promoters, and that has included six recent arrests for potential criminal activities.

Lord McLoughlin Portrait Sir Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales) (Con)
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Will the Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledge the important role that the national lottery has played in this country? When he looks at the national lottery, will he ensure that any future lottery that is run on a national basis is taxed at the same rate?