Philip Dunne intervenes in a debate on Financial Risk Checks on Gambling to urge the Minister not to inadvertently threaten horseracing, including important racecourses like Ludlow, from the measures proposed to protect vulnerable gamblers.
Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con)
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this significant debate; she can tell from the number of Members here in Westminster Hall today that there is a great deal of interest in the subject from across the House.
The hon. Member just mentioned horseracing. Will she press the Minister to give what reassurances he can to the horseracing community—I speak for Ludlow racecourse, which is an important employer and source of entertainment in my constituency, well known to Opposition Members—that this industry will not inadvertently be threatened by measures to introduce the affordability checks for vulnerable gamblers that I think we all want?
Christina Rees (Neath) (Lab/Co-op)
I thank the right hon. Member for making that very valid point. I am sure that the Minister is listening, as he always does.