To consider a report of the Executive Member for Environmental and Regulatory Services, for information and recommendation to Council.

The Executive Member for Environmental and Regulatory Services submitted a report which gave details of the requirement for the Council to prepare, consult on and publish a Statement of Gambling Principles in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005; and invited the Executive to consider the summary of responses received following the statutory consultation, and recommend to Council the adoption of the Statement of Gambling Principles. Support was expressed for the focus, in determining the proposals, on public health aspects of gambling.

            RESOLVED -

(1)       That the feedback from the recent public and trade consultation on the proposed Statement of Gambling Principles be noted.

(2)       That Council be recommended to adopt the Statement of Gambling Principles 2022-2025 as attached at Appendix 3 to the report.