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HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords and—why not, on today of all days?—my Ladies, I start by offering my congratulations to the noble Baronesses on their most excellent maiden speeches. I reassure them that…06 Mar 2026HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the House to my register of interests, in particular my position as vice-chair of West Ham United, who play in the Premier League. One of the privileges of…15 Jul 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to a number of amendments in my name in this group, but first I lend my support to the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Parkinson, which would…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the House to my interests, as declared in the register. I support my noble friend’s amendments, which would remove parachute payments from the backstop. I hope…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, let me make one final point to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam—17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I offer support for the broad approach of the noble Lords led by the noble Lord, Lord Birt, who have tabled the amendments in this group. I do not agree with every…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 3 and 32, which would make the economic and social impact of a football club part of its corporate governance requirements. It has become something…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the House to my interests as declared in the register. I begin by welcoming the positive engagement that many of us have had with Ministers and the department…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lord Moynihan has articulated the case for his amendments with great clarity. Without revisiting all the arguments made in Committee, my fundamental…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, my Amendment 25 seeks to address a key issue: how the new regulator will operate in practice and the transparency with which it will exercise its powers. But first, I…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the Government’s Amendment 18, which introduces a regulatory principle focused on necessity, proportionality and minimising regulatory burden. The Government…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 302, 303 and 304 in my name, which would deliver two improvements to the backstop mechanism: a funder preference model and the ability for the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the Committee to my interests as declared on the register. I want to address a comment made by the noble Baroness. The assertion that the Premier League has made…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 312. These amendments would ensure that any distribution order affecting parachute payments is introduced with a three-year, rather than…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I do not say that they do or do not. I am saying that, if they were not there, you would have to invent them. If a club is promoted from the Championship to the Premier League and…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]As the noble Lord pointed out, wages have increased. Newly promoted Premier League clubs have an average wage bill of £115 million and transfer fees have gone through the roof.…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions made by noble Lords on this group. To the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I say that, in my experience, if you cut some of the ropes on a…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 322 would enable scrutiny of backstop decisions through merits-based review by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. I will also speak to my consequential…15 Jan 2025