I beg to move,
That this has the draft ( and) 2025.
It is a to serve under your, Mrs. I am to be to these, which were laid the House, in draft, on 12 May 2025, and to be about this of that will up and down the. I will set out the aims of this, the, how they will the and what will be in place for.
I begin by the’s to other that have been in draft in to the being today. The other are the Act 2005 ( No. 6 and) () Order and the Act 2005 ( and) () ( and Wales). The No. 6 and Order for, those not under the Act 2005. The that we are for as a of the and are with the to under the 2005 Act.
The and amend so that a can apply to its, its local, to vary its to it to the., these three will make a of to the for.
While only one of these is being today, the other two will the and were in draft on 12 May, the same day on which the that we are were laid. Given the these, that was done to about the range of that we are, and to allow for. If the that have been laid using the are by, it is our to lay the two using the so that all three would then come into force on the same day, 22 July 2025.
I now move on to our aims for these. The are on, and I that a 4is here
grow is with an even safer one. We the that,, have faced since the. We have to, the of stake for slot games and a levy on to fund, and of harm., a of the best, the time is right now to with a of for the.
The has since the was under the Act 2005. It had not the rise of and the of at any time. Given the rise of, we that on in are now less for than such as the and of. are an part of our, of jobs and of every year to the UK’s, but they have been by that mean the vast of our can offer only 20. That makes no sense in that can be of in size and of.
While these offer a of ways to their, bars, and table games, the rules mean that are for at peak times, which can mean that out of fear of their place at, and miss out on vital. These, with a of for, most the, have seen 17 close since 2020 and a loss of over 750 jobs.
This of will put the back on a. It will give the of their from 20 to 80, if they are large. That will align with the, as small 2005 Act are to offer 80. For that are not able to meet the size to site 80, a scale will apply in line with their size. This will allow to site 25 and 75 in total.
We are to allow real event or to take place in all. The rules these from that, under the 2005 Act are able to. The no makes any sense, a can place a bet on their phone while in the venue, but not with the. The will allow not only to offer a new, but to in other parts of their, such as bars, which would be a to a offer.
As the sets out, we that a in will make a for. We that the will gross yield by £53 to £58 each year once the new rules have in. We also much wider the. The new rules will a boost for, 5is here
and we a of to be and. We also that this will be the, not just in.
It is also to the that will any in under the draft. As I have said, the that a is with an even safer one. The draft set out a of table and areas, which will have to abide by to the new. They are vital to that are a of and when they visit a.
The on how much space can be to each mean that, even with an in the of, and their will not be by an. It also means that table games, which are more in, and for bars, and other will be to be of our. That is to and that a wide range of.
We will also put in place for that to offer. We will the of or that can offer. under the 2005 Act are to a of 40. We that a limit of 40 is for with a area of 500 or more, and a lower limit will apply for. That will that there a link space and, so that the in a does not the live table.
These are in to the range of in place in. These offer and of any’s. A of on the can also help to keep track of their play and. I also that it will be for to take up the new. can to stay their or seek to the of that they offer.
In to the for, I would like to the two that the will make to small 2005 Act. Small 2005 Act are to with a to table ratio of 2:1. That means that for every table that is in use, the is to offer a of two. This ratio will be from 2:1 to 5:1, in order to align small 2005 Act with large 2005 Act and from to for which there is no. Small 2005 Act are also to have a table area of 500. That will to 250, an the area and table area were to be of the same size.
This is a of that will the that apply to. It the right the to grow and that 6is here
who visit such will be from harm. I the draft to the.
