Member

I am of course aware that, in the Bill’s final form, additional amendments will also be needed to ensure that a cumulative impact assessment approach to gambling is in line with that for alcohol licensing, which is covered in Section 5A of the Licensing Act 2003, and on which I have modelled my amendment. Today, I simply hope that the Minister will confirm at least an agreement in principle to my Amendment 185E and will agree to work with me and other interested parties to use the Bill as a quick and effective way to give councils and their communities the additional powers they need, and have been promised by this Government, to curb the proliferation of gambling venues, with all the problems that they create on our high streets. I beg to move.