Economist’s view of the future of gambling in Britain
Posted on 6 November 2008
Sir Alan will reflect on his experience in chairing the Gambling Review Body in his lecture ‘Gambling with Britain’s future: Regulation of gambling today’. The Review Body produced proposals for changing the regulation of gambling, most of which were incorporated in the 2005 Gambling Act.
He will discuss the issues raised by the Review Body’s report as well as the subsequent public and parliamentary debates on the Government's resulting proposals, particularly in relation to casinos.
Sir Alan graduated from the London School of Economics and has a PhD from Cambridge University. He has held academic posts in the UK, the USA and Australia, and has been an economic adviser to a number of leading banks and financial institutions.
Sir Alan was the Chief Economic Adviser at the Treasury in the 1990s, and was knighted in 1997. He became one of the early members of Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England before becoming the Provost of the Queen’s College, Oxford, a position from which he has recently retired.
The lecture will be held in room PX/001 in the Physics/Electronics Building at 6pm on Monday 10 November.
Admission by free ticket only available from the Communications Office on 01904 432622 or publiclectures@york.ac.uk
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Notes to editors:
- The Vice-Chancellor’s Lecture was established in 2003 to celebrate the University’s 40th anniversary.
- Previous speakers have included Professor Richard Dawkins, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Professor Terry Eagleton, Professor Hermione Lee and Sir Roger Penrose.
- Media Information: Dr Sarah Mitchell 01904 434633
Contact details
Dr Sarah Mitchell, 01904 434633