Proposal for national lottery

Title

Proposal for national lottery

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

6 Mar 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Paul Rowley reports on Home Secretary Kenneth Baker revealing a White paper in the House of Commons on plans for a national lottery sparking a Parliamentary debate with concerns over suporting gambling, loss of Pools jobs in Liverpool and where money raised will go. With Commons speeches from Kenneth Baker; shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley; Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Robert Maclennan; Tory MP Ivan Lawrence; Merseyside Labour MP Frank Fields.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley; Kenneth Baker; Ivan Lawrence; Robert Maclennan; Frank Fields

Keywords

Politics; Liverpool; Unemployment; Charity; Fundraising; National lotteries; Gambling; Football pools

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