LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Regulator in Lottery controversy

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

18 Dec 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Parliamentary statement by shadow Heritage Minister Jack Cunningham, responding to the admission of National Lottery regulator Peter Davis of Oflot that he accepted free flights to the US from GTECH, an American backer of Lottery organisers Camelot. Davis has fended off calls for his resignation but Cunningham isn’t satisfied and criticises Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley.

Contributors

Jack Cunningham

Keywords

Politics; Companies; Corruption; National lotteries; Resignation (political); Camelot; Political scandals; Independent regulatory commissions; GTech; Peter Davis; Oflot

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