Minutes of the meeting held with the Minister, Nigel Huddleston MP

Meeting held on: Wednesday 7th October 2020

Meeting location: Remote meeting via Microsoft Teams

Attendees: The Minister and his DCMS team

Members of the APBGG

The discussion focused on the forthcoming review of the Gambling Act 2005

DCMS were at the early stages of organising the Review

Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting

Meeting held on:         Tuesday, 22^nd September 2020 from 6pm to 6.15pm

Meeting location:        Remote meeting via Zoom

Attendees:

Apologies:

Chair: 

1. The meeting was declared quorate (5 members from either House) as 12 Parliamentarians were in attendance.
2. The Chair requested nominations for the position of Chair to replace Philip Davies MP who has stepped down.
3. Laurence Robertson MP was the only nomination and was elected unanimously
4. Nominations for the position of Vice Chair had been presented by Mark Pritchard MP, Scott Benton MP and Aaron Bell MP.
5. All Vice Chair nominations were elected unanimously
6. The Officers of the Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group were declared to be:

Laurence Robertson MP and Baroness Golding – Co-Chairs

Lord Moynihan, John Spellar MP, Conor McGinn MP, Lord Mancroft, Lord Smith of Hindhead, Mark Pritchard MP, Scott Benton MP and Aaron Bell MP – Vice Chairs

Lord Donoughue – Secretary

7. AOB: The DCMS Minister responsible for gambling, Nigel Huddleston MP has asked to meet with the Group ahead of the government’s Review of the Gambling Act 2005. It will be a Zoom meeting on Wednesday 7th October at 2.30pm.

8. The meeting was ended due to time pressure of votes

Minutes written by the Secretariat

22/09/20