BRITISH BETTING BILL
Q KEF US AI. TO RESTORE A CLAUSE LONDON, November 5. In the House of Commons, in committee, on the Betting and Lotteries Bill, an amendment to restore the clause forbidding football pool betting was strongly supported on the ground that this was a glaring social evil to which all football associations were opposed. It was said that it led to gambling by boys and girls, which was now creeping into cricket. It was alleged that pressure had been brought to bear on the Government to drop the provision, and several Conservatives appealed for a free vote on the question. Sir John Gilmour (Home Secretary) ignored Ihese and said that the clause had been withdrawn because of a strong difference in the Standing Committee. The amendment was defeated without a division.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19341107.2.60
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21315, 7 November 1934, Page 11
Word Count
134BRITISH BETTING BILL Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21315, 7 November 1934, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.