Lord Chadlington, a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, has welcomed Labour’s consultation paper on limiting gambling adverts during sports games in an article for politicshome.com.
He says that gambling advertising has increased by 63% since 2012 and that during the World Cup there was 90 minutes of gambling adverts on TV.
He was responding to Labour’s Tom Watson, who proposed a ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban policy but Lord Chadlington says the ban should extend to an hour before and after live sporting events as well.
The Church of England’s lead on gambling agreed with this, with the Rt Reverend Alan Smith, Bishop of St Alban’s, telling The Telegraph: “In order to protect vulnerable people, we have to explore legislation as they are not prepared to be responsible.
“It is not just the amount of it but also the style that wills people to bet in a short time on something that will happen in the next few minutes which is particularly problematic for addicts.”
The policy charity Christian Action and Research Education (CARE) added their support of Lord Chadlington’s suggestions.
CARE spokesperson James Mildred said: “Lord Chadlington is absolutely right to call for bold action to tackle the prevalence of gambling advertising.
“The Government cannot ignore the fact his proposals carry cross-party political support, the backing of the Church of England and are also…
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