PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Football: Gambling (20 January 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the relationship between gambling companies and English football.
Asked by:
Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party)
Asked by:
Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party)
Answer
It is right that sporting organisations have the freedom to benefit commercially from their products and negotiate their own broadcasting and sponsorship deals.
But such organisations also have an important role to ensure the agreements they enter into are socially responsible and not detrimental to their fans. Gambling operators too are obliged to ensure that all their sponsorship and marketing activity is done responsibly and never targeted at children or vulnerable people.
The Government has committed to a further review of the Gambling Act to ensure it remains fit for the digital age. Further details will be announced in due course.
Answered by:
Nigel Adams (Conservative)
28 January 2020
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