National Lottery Bill

The hon. Gentleman suggests that I am merely suggesting that the Exchequer has got its sticky little mitts on lottery money. I am not suggesting it; I am telling the House that that is what has happened. The New Opportunities Fund was deliberately established to take over responsibility for funding aspects of much needed service delivery from the Exchequer. The evidence is clear. I accept that the Daily Mail report and, possibly, the think-tank report went a bit overboard and, indeed, I said so earlier, but I have already given several other examples.