Debate contribution: Gambling Legislation
Debate contribution by Mr Gordon Lyons on .
- MLA
- Mr Gordon Lyons
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 29 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Gambling Legislation
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5761358
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We will certainly not be starting from scratch, and I think that the Member has acknowledged that it would be impossible for us to get such legislation through in this mandate. It will probably be one of the largest pieces of legislation, if not the largest, that we will ever take through the House.
I assure the Member that we are not simply doing scoping work. We have been actively comparing our regime with frameworks in other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. That work relates not just to the detail that any legislation should contain but to how the regime should be administered and enforced and how we can best ensure that any regime remains up to date as circumstances change. We will be in a stronger position to talk more about it following the review of the 2022 Act. I will keep the House updated on those developments.
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