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Conduct Of Lottery Regulator

EDM number 719 in 1997-98, proposed by Alan Williams on 02/02/1998.

That this House believes that the Lottery Regulator should resign; notes that at the time of his appointment the Secretary of State warned him against taking excessive hospitality and that he ignored this advice and accepted the use of a G-Tech company aircraft during his US tour; notes that when challenged at a hearing of the Committee of Public Accounts, he did not recognise the risk he had created of an apparent conflict with his regulatory role which required unquestioned impartiality; accepts that he already had awarded the contract to Camelot when he took the offer of the use of the aircraft; points out that this excuse overlooks the fact that he had an ongoing series of further decisions to make and from which Camelot benefited; remembers that he was so insensitive about the vulnerability of the Regulator's Office that he condoned another member of his staff also using a G-Tech aircraft; finds it hard to understand his lack of judgement having regard both to the warnings he issued to Camelot about G-Tech's reputation and alleged practices and to his admission to the P.A.C. that he had no illusions about the American company; and recollects that also he failed to make a provision for claw-back of interest, allowing Camelot to make a windfall of ú6 million.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Williams02/02/1998Swansea WestLabourProposed
Rhodri Morgan02/02/1998Cardiff WestLabourSeconded
Gareth Thomas02/02/1998Clwyd WestLabourSeconded
John Marek02/02/1998WrexhamLabourSeconded
Julie Morgan02/02/1998Cardiff NorthLabourSeconded
Martin Caton02/02/1998GowerLabourSeconded
Llew Smith02/02/1998Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Tom Cox03/02/1998TootingLabourSigned
Brian White03/02/1998North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
John Austin03/02/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Hancock03/02/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cryer03/02/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Michael Clapham03/02/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar03/02/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lynne Jones03/02/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner03/02/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone04/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/02/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/02/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington10/02/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned

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