Question follow-through · 63608
Gaming Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities stronger powers to reject license applications for slot machin
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities stronger powers to reject license applications for slot machin
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government wants local authorities to feel empowered to make decisions that are in their communities’ best interests. Local authorities have a range of powers to manage gambling in their areas, both under the planning system and as licensing authoriti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Holiday Accommodation: Registration
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Holiday Accommodation: Registration
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 6498 on Holiday Accommodation: Registration, whether she will publish a timetable for implementing the registration scheme for short-term lets.
Civil Society: Meetings
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on member democracy of the use of electronic quick vote systems for charities and civil society group AGMs.