Department for Culture Media and Sport
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Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell today announced her plans for the levy scheme which will run from 1 April 2002 to March 31 2003. The proposed scheme will be based on a payment by off-course bookmakers of around 9% of their gross profits from horseracing.
Sports Minister Richard Caborn today welcomed the launch of the country's first ever anti doping policy, saying it confirmed the UK as the world leader in the fight against drugs in sport.
Restaurants will be able to serve alcohol with meals for an extra hour without having to apply for a supper hour certificate, if plans laid today in Parliament are approved.
This measure is contained in a draft deregulation order that has been laid for second stage scrutiny under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.
Pubs will be able to open for an unbroken 36-hour period on New Year's Eve on a permanent basis starting from this year, if Parliament gives final approval today to Government proposals to relax licensing hours, Minister for Licensing Kim Howells has announced.
Minister of State for the Arts, Tessa Blackstone, has placed a temporary bar on the export of a pair of side tables attributed to the London cabinet-makers, William Vile and John Cobb, supplied to Lord Lyttelton for Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the items in the United Kingdom.
Minister of State for the Arts, Tessa Blackstone, has placed a temporary bar on the export of a pair of Late Bronze Age gold hair rings, c.1100-750 BC. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the rings in the United Kingdom.
Further £10 million boost for non-national museums
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has been chosen as the UK's 2002 nomination for World Heritage Site status, Arts Minister Baroness Blackstone announced today.
Embargoed until 00.01 hours on Thursday 10 January 2002
David Quarmby's appointment as Chairman of the British Tourist Authority is to be extended by one year to 31 May 2003, announced Kim Howells, the Minister for Tourism, today.
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