Bishop of St Albans asks about prevention of new gaming centres from opening

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 3rd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to give local government new powers to prevent adult gaming centres from opening.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling marketing and advertising

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government:

  • further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 24 March (HL5621), whether they have commissioned an industry-led assessment of the impact of gambling advertising.
  • why the new rules increasing the safety and simplicity of consumer promotional offers in gambling cannot be introduced sooner than 19 December.
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Bishop of St Albans asks about role of the gambling commission in regulatory action

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 21st May 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the Gambling Commission complies with its obligations under the Gambling Act 2005, including taking regulatory action against operators if necessary to protect vulnerable people from harm.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling in the armed forces

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 9th May 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government whether they have a tri-service policy that sets out the process to be followed in the event that a serving soldier develops a gambling addiction.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling in the armed forces

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 7th May 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how much money was made from fixed-odds betting terminals located on Ministry of Defence property in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, (3) 2023, and (4) 2024; and who was the beneficiary of any such money.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling in the armed forces

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 22nd April 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government

  • what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of problem gamblers who are serving in the Armed Forces.
  •  what support is available to problem gamblers who are serving in the Armed Forces.
  • what assessment they have made of gambling-related harm among (1) veterans and (2) people currently serving in the Armed Forces; and what assessment they have made, if any, of gambling participation rate in those groups.
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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling advertising

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 3rd April 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government whether they will develop a national definition of harmful gambling advertising.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about impact of gambling and nicotine on young people

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 2nd April 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of findings published on 18 March by the City of York Council, Next Generation York: the health of adolescents in our city, particularly that 16 per cent of young people had gambled, and of those 25 per cent took money to gamble without permission, and 14 per cent had conflicts with family or friends over gambling.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about proposal to set up a gambling ombudsman

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 26th March 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on the proposal to deliver a gambling ombudsman, as set out in the White Paper High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published 27 April 2023.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about communication with coroners following deaths related to gambling

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 25th March 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that relevant information is shared with coroners investigating gambling-related deaths regarding concerns identified and action taken by the Gambling Commission during the period being investigated at inquest.

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