Gambling harms
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on gambling harms on 5 February 2025. The debate will be opened by Alex Ballinger MP.

A Westminster Hall debate entitled Stoke on Trent City of Culture 2021 will be held at 4.30pm on Tuesday 21 March 2017. The Member in charge of this debate is Ruth Smeeth MP.
On 12 January 2017, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced details of the competition to find the UK City of Culture 2021. Cities had to register an interest by the end of January 2017. Final bids are due by the end of April. A shortlist will be announced in July and the winning city in December 2017.
Guidance for bidding cities is available from Gov.UK.
According to a BBC report, eleven towns and cities have put their names forward: Stoke-on-Trent, Perth, Paisley Sunderland, Coventry, Hereford, Warrington, Portsmouth, Wells, Swansea and St Davids.
Further detail on Stoke-on-Trent’s bid – the subject of this debate – is available on its website.
EDM 993, tabled by Ruth Smeeth, calls for the Government to support Stoke’s bid. It has 4 signatures so far.
Hull is UK City of Culture 2017.
Derry-Londonderry held the title in 2013.
Press material
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on gambling harms on 5 February 2025. The debate will be opened by Alex Ballinger MP.
A general debate on creative industries is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Monday 27 January 2025.
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme provides grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.