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Westminster Hall

7 July 2026

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Debate on the future of British horseracing covering Kempton Park’s planning and green belt status, national heritage and local economic impacts, levy and tax arrangements, betting regulation and affordability checks, with backbench and opposition contributions followed by the Minister’s response and agreement of the motion.

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Future of British horseracing — heritage, finance and regulation

14:34

Kempton Park — heritage, planning and welfare

14:34

Debate opening and framing of horseracing

14:34

Chair opens Westminster Hall debate

14:34

Mover’s opening and King George race illustration

14:38

Kempton Park redevelopment threat and planning policy

17:13

Kempton Park redevelopment threat and NPPF issues

17:13

Local government reorganisation and community campaign

18:57

Racing industry reactions and Richard Dunwoody’s testimony

20:37

Trainers’ collective support and economic significance

22:37

Local economic impacts and need for industry leadership

24:26

Interventions on local economic role of racecourses

24:26

APPG chair: racing as global leader needing support

27:21

Stakeholder letters on Kempton’s heritage and jobs

28:38

Animal welfare standards and Kempton redevelopment

33:29

Green Party MP: animal welfare challenge and reply

33:29

Unified industry opposition to Kempton redevelopment

36:26

National racing finances — levy, tax and betting regulation

39:19

Chair’s procedural remarks and Doncaster racing case

39:19

Chair sets timings; Doncaster MP begins

39:19

Doncaster MP — levy, tax changes and black market

41:24

Affordability checks, betting taxation and levy impacts

44:33

McVey MP — challenge to affordability checks

44:33

McVey MP — oppose higher gaming machine taxes

47:32

Labour MP — remit over Gambling Commission and black market risks

50:20

Labour MP — wider financing and breeding sustainability

53:42

Backbench and opposition MPs — racing economy, levy and gambling policy

55:33

DUP MP — racing heritage, gambling harms and protections

55:33

DUP MP — racing heritage and gambling harms

55:33

DUP MP — backing frictionless checks and funding for harm prevention

57:53

Liberal Democrat MP — local racing ecosystem, planning and skills

01:01:35

Liberal Democrat MP — Newmarket racing cluster and planning threats

01:01:35

Liberal Democrat MP — skills pipeline and National Stud graduates

01:05:46

Liberal Democrat MP — cultural value, levy reform and welfare

01:06:49

Lib Dem spokesperson — cultural, economic and soft‑power value

01:06:49

Lib Dem MP — levy, overseas racing and public support

01:11:05

Lib Dem MP — Kempton Park threat and planning compromise

01:12:57

Lib Dem MP — animal welfare regulator and road safety bill

01:14:39

Lib Dem MP — gambling tax stance and closing appeal

01:15:02

Shadow Minister — Kempton protection, economic role and gambling policy

01:16:01

Shadow Minister — Kempton, green belt and sports land

01:16:01

Shadow Minister — economic value and link to betting

01:18:01

Shadow Minister — affordability checks, black market and oversight

01:20:28

Shadow Minister — illegal operators, fiscal impact and demands to government

01:23:22

Ministerial response and closure — horseracing debate

01:27:14

Future of British horseracing — ministerial replies and conclusion

01:27:14

Tourism Minister — Kempton Park planning and heritage

01:27:14

Minister — racing’s economic role and financial risk checks

01:29:58

Q&A — frictionless checks and publication of evidence

01:33:32

Minister — levy, on‑course bookmakers and illegal market

01:34:35

Minister — animal welfare funding and closing remarks

01:36:45

Spelthorne MP wind‑up and motion agreed

01:37:56

UK Fraud Strategy 2026–29 — enforcement, tech and consumer protection

01:44:38

UK Fraud Strategy 2026–29 — motion, concerns and ministerial response

01:44:38

Opening and motion on UK Fraud Strategy

01:44:38

Chair opens fraud strategy debate

01:44:38

Mover — scale of fraud and initial support

01:45:02

Mover’s detailed concerns on enforcement and vulnerable victims

01:49:48

Mover — funding, tech platforms and Ofcom powers

01:49:48

Mover — vulnerable people, banks and veterans’ scams

01:52:44

Security Minister — fraud harms and 2026–29 strategy

01:57:16

Security Minister — fraud harms and victim redress

01:57:16

Security Minister — Fraud Strategy, funding and online crime centre

02:02:17

Q&A — property training scams and vulnerable bank customers

02:06:07

Security Minister — data-driven policing and international cooperation

02:10:06

UK policy debate on human rights in Kashmir

02:13:00

Opening and framing of Kashmir human‑rights debate

02:13:00

Fraud strategy motion and opening of Kashmir debate

02:13:00

Fraud strategy motion agreed and Kashmir debate opened

02:13:00

APPG chair — context, Modi laws and AJK blackout

02:14:40

Chair and MPs — motion, procedure and UK human‑rights obligations

02:18:36

Q&A — peaceful talks, humanitarian access and protest rights

02:18:36

Chair’s procedural reminder and DUP MP’s human rights appeal

02:27:25

Kashmir unrest — MPs’ concerns and Minister’s response

02:32:19

MPs and Kashmiri diaspora — blackout, human rights and UK role

02:32:19

Labour MP — Luton Kashmiri diaspora, blackout and questions to Minister

02:32:19

Chair’s timing reminder and Corbyn — UK responsibility and pressure on Pakistan/AJK

02:36:21

British Kashmiri MP — BJP human rights abuses and need for trilateral talks

02:39:12

British Kashmiri MP — from bilateral dispute to international responsibility

02:45:15

Liberal Democrat MP — blackout, referendum and questions to FCDO

02:48:53

Shadow Minister — balanced UK stance, security and detailed questions

02:53:52

Minister — reaffirmed UK policy and response to AJK unrest

02:59:14

Minister — UK policy, blackout concerns and travel advice

02:59:14

Minister — Azad Kashmir unrest and human rights framework

03:02:12

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Westminster Hall

7 July 2026

Westminster Hall Tue, 7 Jul 2026 Actual start 14:15 House of Commons

14:34 - 14:38

Speaker 1

Order, order. Luke Murphy to move the motion.

14:38 - 15:28

Speaker 2

I beg to move that this House has considered the future of British horseracing. And Mrs Harris, it's an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. And I'm very grateful to honourable members for being here for this debate. I am going to be very generous with intervention time and all of that. But I would just hope that honourable members can for the next, I think it's 45 seconds, just bear with me and not intervene.

Honourable members will see why. The final open ditch is fence number 14.

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