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Official portrait of Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

United Kingdom · Official source

Memberships

  • Labour · Commons · present
  • · Lords · 21 November 2022 – present

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Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 3783enacted

Licensing Hours Extensions Act 2026

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 October 2024

A Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 3557open

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2023

A Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 895open

PLANNING LAWS AND FIXED ODDS BETTING TERMINALS

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2013

That this House notes the increase in the number of betting shops in deprived areas, that betting shops are currently in the same use class as banks and building societies, allowing them to be opened with no planning consent required for change of use in some cases and that most of the revenue generated from betting shops is now from high reward fixed odds betting terminals rather than from traditional betting on sport and track events; further notes that the Portas Review into the future of high streets describes gaming outlets as a blight on the high street, that their proliferation is creating unsightly gambling clusters on struggling retail hotspots and that in many areas, crime and anti-social disorder has been associated with a proliferation of betting shops; believes that local authorities should be empowered to decide whether or not to give approval to existing and additional gambling venues in their community; and calls on the Government to place betting shops in a new separate planning use class, allowing local authority planning committees to control them and to amend the Gambling Act to allow council licensing committees to take into account the cumulative impact of a proliferation of gambling activities when considering applications.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 603open

Digital Heritage Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2010

A Bill to enable specified institutions to make digital copies of cultural artefacts for archival purposes notwithstanding the existence of any intellectual property right; and for connected purposes

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 586open

BY-ELECTION IN SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2001

That this House notes that nearly 70 per cent. of respondents to a poll by the Shropshire Star newspaper have called for a by-election in Shrewsbury and Atcham; further notes that it is easy for the third party in British politics to make promises which they know they will never be in government to implement and be responsible for; believes that honourable Members should act upon the advice of their constituents; and looks forward to a date for a by-election in Shrewsbury and Atcham.