SPORT: CRICKET

19 October 2010: Lord Williams of Elvel asked Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to eradicate corruption from international cricket. during the course of the Question..... Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the all-party inquiry into the effects of betting on sport, which reported in 2005, and to which the noble Lord, Lord Condon, was such a powerful and convincing witness. Is the Minister satisfied with the progress which the Gambling Commission's new unit on sports betting intelligence is making, and is it receiving sufficient co-operation from the betting industry and from sports governing bodies?