Minister, I'd like to refer specifically to the part of the report in the annex that is dealing with the progress that's been made in respect of the public health issue that's been raised with regard to gambling. I raise it because last year's report was a groundbreaking report and has been recognised throughout the UK in identifying and starting the process of looking at how we tackle what is, I think, a latent, growing, hidden and emerging but incredibly serious epidemic.

I have to say that, although there are aspects of the annex in terms of work that has been done that I welcome, I think it is not enough by any stretch of the imagination. I certainly welcome the survey questions to young people with regard to prevalence, the consideration of looking at the planning system, raising concerns about advertising with the standards authority, seminars and so on. But I don't think this, by any stretch of the imagination, recognises the actual scale of the public health issues with regard to gambling.

Certainly, much of the responsibility in respect of gambling is at UK level, but certainly there is much that we can do in respect of the public health aspects. If I can just refer the Minister and the Members to a leading market research company's comments on gambling:

'Global sports betting market expected to reach approximately $155 billion by 2024...growing at a healthy 8.83 per cent...with digital revolution transforming the world every second, the sports betting market is likely to grow dynamically in the future.'

If we actually look at the state of gambling and its impact within Wales, the Gambling Commission estimates that 1.1 per cent of the Welsh population are problem gamblers. That is approximately 40,000 people. It estimates that there are a further 4 per cent at risk—that is, a further 160,000 people—and for every one problem gambler, research estimates that a further seven are adversely affected. That is a further 280,000 people, and I think those are extremely conservative estimates based on old information and do not reflect the scale of what is happening.

I chair the cross-party group on gambling and we've had some very interesting academics who've been doing research in various countries, particularly Australia, identifying some of the impacts on young people, and it is the young people that I think we must particularly look at in terms of our public health policy, and I don't think the report actually really does start getting to grips. Eighty per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds have seen gambling adverts on tv, 70 per cent have seen gambling adverts on social media, and 66 per cent on websites. Seventy-eight per cent of young people we spoke to think betting has become a normal part of sport, and this normalisation of the association with gambling and sport I think is incredibly significant. It has become part of the culture of sport and it should worry us considerably.

I was looking at the programme of the new Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane stadium recently—the £1 billion stadium, which is fantastic—and the first thing that jumped out was the statement that there would be no gambling facilities within the stadium. I thought, 'That's impressive', alongside its recycling policy, until of course you read that there is internet throughout the stadium. Betting outlets are no longer necessary. It is the internet gambling. And when you look at the actual amount of money that's ploughed in, let's be honest about it, gambling is the new nicotine, the new tobacco industry of sport. That is why we need to seriously tackle the issue of public education.

Three in five students have gambled in some way over the past 12 months. One in 10 have used all or some of their student loan to gamble. Minister, the scale is phenomenal and it is growing. In the UK alone, it is a £15 billion industry, and growing year by year. We all know that you cannot turn on satellite, you cannot turn on the internet, on your phones, on YouTube—anything that you utilise—the extent to which there is gambling advertising. And of course, that is within the UK responsibility, and, of course, we have to engage because there is a desperate need for new gambling legislation that seriously tackles and restricts that.

But in the meantime, in terms of what we have within our competence, I think we actually need a very, very clear and dynamic strategy that is up to the scale of the gambling epidemic that is approaching and is already hitting and indoctrinating our young people. It needs to be one of public education. There has to be far greater focus on how we can use planning laws in terms of outlets, how we can look at outlets in respect of advertising themselves, and also, ultimately, the pressure that we have to put onto the gambling industry and the gambling commission for the proper funding of what is needed to tackle gambling addiction and gambling education.

What is happening at the moment—