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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-04-11more like thismore than 2016-04-11
answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Gambling: Internet more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of foreign online gambling websites not licensed in the UK that are being accessed from the UK. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Howe of Idlicote more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-04-21more like thismore than 2016-04-21
answer text <p>The Gambling Commission monitors this through the complaints received from customers and licensed operators, and other sources of intelligence. It is not possible to state precisely how many individual unlicensed websites there are, however, where websites are identified that are offering facilities for gambling to customers in Britain without the appropriate licence the Commission will take action to ensure they cease these activities. Since November 2014 the Commission has written to approximately 60 foreign online gambling websites, to remind them of the legal position and require them to immediately cease their activities in Great Britain.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
question first answered
remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-04-21T14:02:36.797Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
tabling member
3610
label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote remove filter