BRITISH PROPOSAL

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 65, 17 March 1928, Page 9

BRITISH PROPOSAL

BILL BEFORE COMMONS SECOND READING PASTJ (British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, 16th March. The second reading of the Bill to legalise the introduction of the totalisator for horse racing was passed by the House of Commons by 149 votes to 134. The voting was on non-party lines. The Government has undertaken to provide facilities for the passage of the Bill if the second reading were adopted. ' Major Gilyn, opening the debato in favour of the Bill, expressed the opinion that the totalisator would improve conditions greatly for everybody interested in horse racing. He mentioned that the primary object of the Bill was to secure that the betting should contribute to the maintenance of the sport of horse racing, and it was proposed also to divert a percentage of the money for the benefit of the-Exchequer. The Bill was the outcome of tho conclusions of a special committee of the Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee, two controlling' bodies of the Turf.' • " - Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Government were themselves divided in opinion [ regarding .the Bill. While the Government would give facilities for the passago of the Bill, if the second reading were passed, there ivould have to be a very careful discussion on the possibility of very controversial points between the Government and the promoters of the Bill.