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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, earlier there was a tetchy mood in which it was suggested that some of the contributions were simply time-wasting —and the word “filibustering” was used. When I was…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Maybe the noble Lord and I can have a fruitful conversation outside this debate. For today’s purposes, does he understand that in a discussion about inclusion and diversity, women…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have no idea whether there is filibustering going on, nor whether everybody on this side of the Committee who I have not spoken to is in the pockets of the Premier…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I think the motivation behind the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, and the intervention by the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, posits diversity as…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, perhaps I could have a clarification. The noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, said that he had lots of experience of regulators. He referred to the Online Safety Act and Ofcom…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, in the debate on an earlier group we heard some dilemmas around the fact that, for example, Welsh teams such as Wrexham might not be in scope of the Bill. It is possible…04 Dec 2024HANSARDHigher Education SectorMy Lords, over the years, many international students, especially from less democratic countries, were attracted to UK universities because of their reputation as beacons of free…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, that eloquent and passionate explanation of football at the heart of community sums up for me the tension when we are talking about this Bill. Football exists as a…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I do not want to get into a fight among Tories, but I want to clarify my position. I disagree with both noble Lords, in some ways. My point is that I want football clubs to focus…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is good to get a laugh before you start. I genuinely worry about the overreach summed up in this particular group that, for example, requires football clubs to operate “in a…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to oppose this whole group of amendments.02 Dec 2024HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, we all remember senior civil servants openly in tears the morning after the Brexit vote, or the Civil Service union threatening to go on strike over the Rwanda scheme.…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I think this is important. The last two contributions have just reminded me. I do not care what was in the previous Government’s Bill, which, to be honest, I would have stood up…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome this group as a point of clarification and reassurance, as has been asked for. I would expect the Minister to accept this, because she has been at great pains…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I agree, but I was going to appeal to us myself to try to tackle the Bill—which is so important in many ways—with at least a little of the spirit of what is in the best interests…27 Nov 2024HANSARDInternational Aid Workers: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, I am delighted to hear the Minister making the point that we need to be very careful about the use of the word “genocide”. I also urge that we be careful about words…26 Nov 2024HANSARDInternational Aid Workers: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords—26 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, it is somewhat humbling and not a little intimidating to follow so many insightful speeches from those at the heart of the issue. For me, as a bit of an amateur…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformMy Lords, on White Ribbon Day, whose slogan is, “It starts with men”, will the Minister note the irony of the British Transport Police’s new policy allowing a male officer who…25 Nov 2024HANSARDCounter-Extremism StrategyMy Lords, I am sure that Ministers and Members on the Government Benches remember the election in July fondly. But lest we forget, it was marred by ugly episodes of intimidation…20 Nov 2024