Tag Archives: Damian Collins

Shadow Minister calls for White Paper funding reform at Ygam reception

Jeff Smith MP, Shadow Education Minister, speaks at Ygam

Ygam hosted a Parliamentary Reception this week, featuring speeches from several sitting MPs, including Shadow Education Minister Jeff Smith MP and former Gambling Minister Damian Collins. On the agenda was, unsurprisingly, the forthcoming White Paper on the UK’s Gambling Act review, which will overhaul Britain’s legislation on betting and gaming for the first time since 2005, with the aim of …

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Minister reveals Commission did not inform DCMS of ‘unreliable’ PHE assessment

SBC News Minister reveals Commission did not inform DCMS of 'unreliable' PHE assessment

DCMS Minister Damian Collins has confirmed that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) did not inform the department of its assessment of Public Health England (PHE)’s cost reports. Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, asked the Minister during a parliamentary questions session to clarify ‘on what date’ the UKGC had informed the DCMS that the findings of PHE cost estimate were ‘unreliable’. Collins, the …

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Winning Post: UK’s carry-on Gambling Review goes down Hill…

SBC News Winning Post: UK's carry-on Gambling Review goes down Hill...

Regulus Partners reflects on the week that the UK Gambling Review reached its embarrassing slapstick stage, wearing down all industry stakeholders as an Autumn delay beckons the White Paper’s publishing. The farcical handling of the current stage of Britain’s Gambling Act Review was brought to a fitting conclusion last week as the minister responsible, Chris Philp MP, bowed out with …

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DCMS report calls for further regulation on loot boxes

SBC News DCMS report calls for further regulation on loot boxes

A House of Commons committee has advised that further regulation on in-game spending and video game loot boxes is considered, with the committee recommending that children should be banned from purchasing them. The recommendations come as part of an inquiry by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) which aimed to develop a report on ‘addictive and immersive technologies’.  …

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