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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak in response to these important amendments, all of which seek to strengthen the Bill’s provisions for consulting fans. We should pay tribute to noble…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her response and assurances about the purpose and scope of the football governance statements, and I thank other noble Lords for their contributions. I…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 12 I will also speak to Amendments 113 to 115 in my name and Amendments 116 to 119 in the name of my noble friend Lord Parkinson. These amendments…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and for the points raised. I note her desire not to put any major burdens on the regulator, but I worry about the major burdens…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 124. I think it introduces a sensible and proportionate idea: that the independent football regulator should have the power to delegate certain…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 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]I thank the noble Lord for his comments about the West Ham player, Michail Antonio. It was a real shock to me on Saturday when I received a call from the police about his car…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 101 in my name. It seeks to address a fundamental imbalance in how we will assess the health of English football under this new regulatory…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this amendment, which seeks to address one of the most significant and unresolved issues in football governance: the regulation of football agents. The…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Watson. I wholeheartedly agree that footballers are at the heart of football. Without them, we certainly could not…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and other noble Lords for their contributions. However, I am deeply concerned about the assurances offered. While the Minister…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak on Amendments 65, 70 and 72, which focus on ensuring financial support for the women’s game and protecting it from many adverse impacts resulting from…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I support Amendments 56 and 58, tabled by my noble friend Lord Markham, which together propose critical enhancements to the objectives of the regulator. These amendments seek to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, before I speak to Amendment 156 in particular, I want to address a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. There have been 51 clubs in the Premier League since its…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer the Committee to my interests declared in the register. I support Amendment 71 tabled by my noble friend Lord Markham, which raises a crucial point regarding the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 67A in my name addresses a critical oversight in the Bill. It is intended to properly recognise the clearly differential impact of regulation on certain clubs,…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]09 Dec 2024