Gambling harm: cross-party push for reform

SIR - As we near the publication of the Government's White Paper on gambling reform, we are calling on the Prime Minister to be bold in delivering the reforms needed to prevent harm across the country.

As he leads a Government committed to levelling up, we are sure that the stark data on gambling will be a matter of great concern, with more than 55,000 children aged between 11 and 16 now gambling addicts.

A report from Public Health England estimated that the annual economic burden of gambling harm is over £1.2 billion, with the greatest risks in the North West and North East. This is not levelling up but levelling down.

It is time for the Government to live up to the Conservatives' 2019 manifesto commitment to a review of gambling laws, in order to deliver social justice and a better future for all.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP (Con)
Carolyn Harris MP (Lab)
Lord Foster of Bath (Lib Dem)
Ronnie Cowan MP (SNP)
Rt Rev Alan Smith Bishop of St Albans
Tracey Crouch MP (Con)
Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links (Con)
Richard Holden MP (Con)
Lord Filkin (Lab)
Sammy Wilson MP (DUP)
Lord Layard (Lab)
Stephen Timms MP (Lab)
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (Lib Dem)
Sir Peter Bottomley MP (Con)
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab)
Lord Adonis (Lab)
Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem)
Siobhan Baillie MP (Con)
Robin Millar MP (Con)
Ian Blackford MP (SNP)
Sir Ed Davey MP (Lib Dem)
Paul Blomfield MP (Lab)
Marion Fellows MP (SNP)
Deidre Brock MP (SNP)
Bambos Charalambous MP (Lab)
Stuart McDonald MP (SNP)
Margaret Ferrier MP (Independent)
Sir Mark Hendrick MP (Lab)
Tim Loughton MP (Con)
Liam Byrne MP (Lab)
Sir Gary Streeter MP (Con)
Andrew Selous MP (Con)
Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Munira Wilson MP (Lib Dem)
Wendy Chamberlain MP (Lib Dem)
Wera Hobhouse MP (Lib Dem)
Douglas Chapman MP (SNP)
Tim Farron MP (Lib Dem)
Amy Callaghan MP (SNP)
Alyn Smith MP (SNP)
Allan Dorans MP (SNP)
Layla Moran MP (Lib Dem)
Zarah Sultana MP (Lab)
Apsana Begum MP (Lab)
Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP)
Navendu Mishra MP (Lab)
Carol Monaghan MP (SNP)
Stephen Flynn MP (SNP)
Christine Jardine MP (Lib Dem)
Jamie Stone MP (Lib Dem)
Gavin Newlands MP (SNP)
Sarah Olney MP (Lib Dem)
Anne McLaughlin MP (SNP)
Daisy Cooper MP (Lib Dem)
Patrick Grady MP (SNP)
Patricia Gibson MP (SNP)
Jon Trickett MP (Lab)
Sarah Green MP (Lib Dem)
Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP)
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Martyn Day MP (SNP)
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John McDonnell MP (Lab)
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