Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 15 July 2004.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
1 Introduction
The Government's Response
2 The Government's
Response
The Committee's Original Report
The new policy
Casinos
3 Regional casinos
Defining regional casinos: has the Government
got it right?
The minimum size threshold
Another cliff-edge?
How many regional/leisure destination casinos
will there be?
Getting the definition right
The Non-Gambling Area
Access for children
4 Gaming Machines
The impact on the existing industry
The 1,250 machine limit
Category B machines
5 The Planning
Process
Determining the locations of regional/leisure
destination casinos
The need for national guidance
A Plan-led approach
Town centre locations
D2 Use Class
A separate Use Class
Achieving regeneration benefits
The Licensing System
Going forward
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1: Letter from the Rt Hon Keith Hill
MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Office of the
Deputy Prime Minister
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL146-II/HC843-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL146-II/HC843-II)
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