Betting Shops In Deprived Inner-City London Boroughs

EDM number 1192 in 2009-10, proposed by Diane Abbott on 25/03/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Gambling.

That this House condemns the proliferation of betting shops in inner city London boroughs; notes that deprived boroughs such as Hackney, Islington, Haringey and Tottenham have disproportionately high numbers of such establishments; further notes that the gambling industry is targeting these deprived areas of high unemployment; is concerned that such establishments are responsible for increases in crime and anti-social behaviour in surrounding areas; and believes more needs to be done to give local councils the power to refuse licensing applications by means of a tightening of the provisions of the Gambling Act 2005.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.