| Heading: |
Gambling: Taxation |
| Question ID: |
1804579 |
| UIN: |
53696 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5067 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tony Vaughan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Tony Vaughan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on online gambling. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government is currently consulting on proposals to simplify the gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one. |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |