This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Laura Doherty:- "Council recognises and restates its position that Gambling is a significant public health issue within the city. Council notes the work the City Government has done to raise awareness of Gambling as a public health issue since 2018, building on the 2014 cross party sounding board on the impact of fixed odds betting terminals, recognising that the changes in the Gambling industry and that huge profits are made by private companies within a global market, and that Regulation of gambling is a matter reserved to Westminster which has done little to keep pace with these changes and address Gambling Harms, and this would have been better addressed if the Smith Commission had devolved gambling powers to Scotland. Council further recognises the work since 2018 which has involved: - work of the previous Wellbeing, Empowerment, Community and Citizen Engagement and General Purposes Committees - September 2019 - WECCE Development Day Session hosted on Gambling and Public Health - January 2020 - formation of a Glasgow Gambling Harms Group in partnership with the Scottish Public Health Network - September 2021 - Glasgow City Council hosted a virtual summit and fringe events including a UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) evidence session - March 2022 - establishment of Glasgow Gambling Harm Multi-Agency Group - which includes membership from the Council, Glasgow HSCP, Glasgow Life, Glasgow Council for Voluntary Sector, Health and Social Care Alliance, Glasgow Life and Public Health Scotland - September 2022 - refreshed Council Gambling Workforce Support Policy agreed - May 2023 - launch of a city-wide whole systems local action plan to prevent and reduce gambling harms Council instructs the Chief Executive Department and colleagues to bring an update on Gambling Harms and the local action plan to the Wellbeing, Equalities, Communities, Culture and Engagement City Policy Committee in the next cycle. Council further instructs the Chief Executive to write to the Scottish Government Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport and Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the white paper published on 27 April 2023 entitled "High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age" which, finally, sets out the UK Government's plan for reform of gambling regulation following the review of the Gambling Act 2005 in order to reiterate our calls that: - Gambling should be recognised as a public health issue and more robust regulation of operators and technology is needed as well as better safeguarding of gambling and gaming especially of young people; - Scotland and local government must be empowered to take action on this, and that legal anomalies in the legislation are addressed; - the long overdue statutory gambling operator levy which will replace the current voluntary levy which is not fit for purpose, must see equitable funding come directly to Scotland and Glasgow in order to fund treatment and support its work on addressing gambling harms; - the UK Treasury must design and deliver funding that is proportionate and fair and invests in those local communities where there is a proliferation of "environmental bads" such as gambling fuelled by poverty and its harms addressed; and - Glasgow's track record of a whole systems approach involving researchers, stakeholders and people with lived experience sets it apart and that due to this, Glasgow is best positioned as a city to develop a UK centre of excellence in addressing gambling harms, to fund research, education and treatment of gambling harms." .

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