» Friday, January 20, 2006National Lottery
Asked what the Prime Minister’s response was to allegations that the National Lottery was being used as a "slush fund" to subsidise activities that should have been funded by the Government, the PMOS said that there was a debate in 1998 between those who said that the money should only be used for things such as sports, arts, heritage etc, versus those who believed that the money should be used for other areas such as education or environment, for example. If people looked at opinion polls in this area, what they showed was that the public believed that they were proper areas for lottery money to be used in. They were being used to good effect, so the Government would reject any suggestion that the money was being used in an inappropriate way; public opinion would seem to support that view. Briefing took place at 9:00 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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