Finance (No. 3) Bill — House of Commons, 2018-11-20
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 11, page 44, line 23, leave out "1 October 2019" and insert "the prescribed date" Government amendment 17 Amendment 12, page 44, line 25, leave out "1 October 2019" and insert "the prescribed date" Amendment 13, page 44, line 32, at end insert— "(4) In this section, ‘the prescribed date’ means the date prescribed in regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State (5) The Secretary of State may not make regulations under subsection (4)— (a) to prescribe a date before 1 October 2019, and (b) unless regulations under section 236 of the Gambling Act 2005 have been made that amend the definition of sub-category B2 gaming machines so as to define such machines as having a maximum charge for use of no more than £2 with effect from a date no later than 1 April 2019 (6) In this section, "sub-category B2 gaming machines" has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Categories of Gaming Machine Regulations 2007/2158." Clause stand part Clause 62 stand part That schedule 18 be the Eighteenth schedule to the Bill New clause 12—Review of public health effects of gaming provisions— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the public health effects of the provisions of section 61 of and Schedule 18 to this Act and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act (2) A review under this section must consider— (a) the effects of those provisions in reducing the negative public health effects of gambling, and (b) the implications for the public finances of the public health effects of— (i) those provisions, (ii) the operation of the law relating to remote gaming duty and gaming duty if those provisions were not given effect." This new clause would require a review of the public health effects of gaming provisions. New clause 13—Report on consultation on certain provisions of this Act (No. 3)— "(1) No later than two months after the passing of this Act, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay before the House of Commons a report on the consultation undertaken on the provisions in subsection (2) (2) Those provisions are— (a) section 61, and (b) Schedule 18 (3) A report under this section must specify in respect of each provision listed in subsection (2)— (a) whether a version of the provision was published in draft, (b) if so, whether changes were made as a result of consultation on the draft, (c) if not, the reasons why the provision was not published in draft and any consultation which took place on the proposed provision in the absence of such a draft." This new clause would require a report on the consultation undertaken on certain provisions of this Act – alongside new clauses 9, 11 and 15. New clause 16—Review of remote gambling duty— "(1) The Treasury shall undertake a review of the increase in the rate of remote gambling duty introduced in section (Remote gambling duty (rate)) of this Act (2) The review shall consider, in particular, the effects of the rate increase on— (a) the public revenue, (b) betting shops, and (c) gambling related harm (3) The Treasury review must include independent advice on the feasibility and impact of bringing forward the date of the increase in remote gaming duty to 1 April 2019 (4) The Treasury review of the effects of the rate increase in remote gambling duty under subsections (2) and (3) must also take into account any effects of reducing to £2 the maximum stake on B2 machine games with effect from 1 April 2019 (5) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a copy of a report of the review under this section before the House of Commons no later than 28 days after this Act is passed." This new clause requires the Treasury to review the feasibility and impact of bringing forward from October 2019 the implementation of an increase in remote gambling duty, which is linked in paragraph 3.68 of the Budget 2018 Red Book to the implementation of a £2 maximum stake on B2 machine games (fixed-odds betting terminals).