Culture, Media and Sport - Fifth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 January 2008.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY

1  INTRODUCTION

2  THE HISTORICAL ALLOCATION OF PITCHES

Before 1998

After 1998

List position values

3  DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF THE GAMBLING ACT 2005

The five times rule

The National Pitch Rules and list positions

The Racecourse Association's approach to pitch allocation from 2012

Indications about security of tenure

4  THE WAY FORWARD

The role for Government

Moving to commercial arrangements

Impact on on-course bookmakers

Impact on racegoers

Taking the value of list positions into account

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

FORMAL MINUTES

WITNESSES

LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED EVIDENCE

LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2005




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Tuesday 13 November 2007

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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Prepared 23 January 2008