Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the threshold charge payable for a type 2 machine for the purposes of calculating machine gaming duty was set at £5.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Explanatory Note for Clause 117 of Finance Bill 2014, which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298680/ENs_Finance_Bill_2014__1_.pdf