Topic: Gerry Sutcliffe
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While the results show that problem gambling still only affects a small minority of people, it remains a serious issue, and one which must be addressed
3.5 million in Britain gamble online Sep 20, 2007
I have therefore asked the Gambling Commission to review the current voluntary arrangements for industry funding of gambling research, treatment and public education. I expect the Commission's review to include comment on funding levels, how the money is spent, and whether a statutory levy should be considered
Report: 3.5 million Britons gamble online Sep 20, 2007
Gerard Sutcliffe (born 13 May 1953), known as Gerry Sutcliffe, is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South and a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and is Minister for Sport and Tourism.
Born in Salford, Sutcliffe was educated in Bradford at Cardinal Hinsley Grammar School, but left aged sixteen, and then worked as a salesman and for a printers company, becoming a deputy branch secretary of the print workers trade union SOGAT. He was a member of Bradford City Council from 1982 to 1994, serving as the council's leader from 1992-94.
When Bradford South's Labour MP Bob Cryer was killed in a car crash in April 1994, Sutcliffe was selected as the Labour candidate for the resulting by-election. He won the 1994 Bradford South by-election with 55% of the vote, and has held the seat since.
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