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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, before I speak to the amendments in this group, I want to address the accusation from the noble Lord, Lord Watson, that West Ham United has put its season ticket prices…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]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]18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 280 and 281 in my name seek to reinsert the ability for the Premier League and the EFL to agree distribution arrangements for longer than five years without…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and for engaging with the points raised in this debate. However, it will not surprise her that I remain completely unconvinced.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 191, which seeks to add the word “relevant” to Clause 37(2)(c). This would be an important adjustment that would bring additional clarity and…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for allowing an intervention. Has there been any further development on the cost of the regulator? I know that we have asked the question on numerous…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group cover a wide range of issues relating to the backstop. While I understand the intentions behind many of these amendments, I fear that they…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the Committee to my interests as detailed in the register. I support Amendments 187ZA and 187ZB, tabled by my noble friend Lord Moynihan, which propose a…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for giving way. If she was right, we would have a deal in place by now. This has been the model for two years, so it is definitely a barrier to conversations.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for allowing me to intervene. Rick Parry went before the Select Committee and said he would trigger the backstop in any event—even if he got more money from…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The Minister says that she believes that the mechanism will deliver collaboration. For my benefit, please could she name a single example of a binding final offer process working…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 263 in the name of my noble friend Lord Markham, which seeks to exclude parachute payments—the financial lifeline provided to relegated clubs—from…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]What the Minister said would be fine if the regulator was making a balanced determination, but because the Government have created a binary process whereby one proposal can be…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Is that the letter I sent on 2 December about UEFA or the letter that the seven clubs sent to the Secretary of State to which she is going to reply? Maybe the Minister can tell me…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am sorry to intervene, but I want to say again that on the specific issue of parachute payments there was no consultation with either the Premier League officials or the Premier…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 271, 307 and 316 in this group. My noble friend Lord Maude is right: the Premier League’s distribution outside our ecosystem is the highest…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments seek to address gambling sponsorship in football, and include proposals to ban sponsorship entirely. This is a significant issue. I acknowledge the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to offer my support to the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Wood, and by my noble friend Lord Moynihan. These amendments take quite different approaches,…16 Dec 2024