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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle gambling-related harm.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	906665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government takes gambling-related harm seriously and in May we announced a strong package of measures to tackle it. We have taken decisive action on fixed-odds betting terminals to cut the maximum stake to £2. On 5<sup>th</sup> September, the Gambling Commission launched its consultation on proposals to increase player protections online, including stronger age and identity verification. Further consultation on affordability checks will follow in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/09/2018 11:07:55 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

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date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to protect young people from gambling-related harm.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	903088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We published a consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility in October. This includes measures to strengthen protections around online gambling and gambling advertising, which can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures</p><p> </p><p>In addition we are introducting a new package of measures to strengthen protections around around online gambling and Gamble Aware will lead a major responsible gambling advertising campaign, to make sure parents and children are aware of risks associated with gambling.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting children and vulnerable people is a key aim for the Gambling Commission and government.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:34 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan