Oral QuestionDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

What steps her Department is taking with the gambling and gaming industries to support responsible gambling.

Tabled: 9 January 2025Answered: 16 January 2025

Asked by

Catherine Fookes

LabourMonmouthshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Stephanie Peacock)

The Government are committed to reducing gambling-related harm and its impact. That is why we are introducing a range of reforms to ensure that people can gamble safely, including a stake limit for online slot games, financial vulnerability checks and tougher regulations on direct marketing. We are also aware of the concerns around the blurring of boundaries between gambling and video games, and we are paying close attention to novel and emerging gambling and gambling-like products.