PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Total ban on the use of credit cards for gambling (14 July 2020)
Motion Details
That this House notes that gambling in all its forms can destroy the lives of the people addicted to it and have a huge effect on their family and people close to them; further notes that credit encourages people to gamble with money that they do not have; and calls on the Government to implement a total ban on the use of credit cards for all forms of gambling and online gambling in particular.
Sponsored by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
3
27%
Labour
3
27%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
27%
Scottish National Party
2
18%
Sponsor List (11 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Patricia Gibson
DUP
Paul Girvan
DUP
Carla Lockhart
Upper Bann
Con
Sir Mike Penning (Sponsor)
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
SNP
Alison Thewliss
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