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Ronnie Cowan Excerpts
Thursday 13th February 2020

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Helen Whately Portrait Helen Whately
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My hon. Friend did a huge amount of work in this area when she was Minister with this responsibility. I have spoken to the Gambling Commission about loot boxes and the risks of online gambling, and we are working at the moment on the scope of the gambling review.

Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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The gambling arena currently resembles the wild west. This is resulting in increased harm and even suicides. Rather than tinkering around the edges of the Gambling Act, will the UK Government rip it up and write a new one fit for the 21st century and in doing so engage with those people with lived experience?