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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I just want to reassure the noble Baroness, who was unfortunately not able to attend the FA meeting yesterday, that the FA was very explicit—and it was asked very…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we have spent some seven days discussing the detail of the Bill, and I think this is probably the first time I can rise and say that I actually agree with the noble…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am afraid that, although the hour is late, I cannot resist saying a few words about the suggestion that we should have a sunset clause. I am somewhat surprised that…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Will the noble Lord acknowledge that you can have mediation only if both sides are willing to participate? What we have seen from the Premier League in recent years is that it is…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord is almost suggesting that clubs of whatever size should not have a business plan. One of the things we want to encourage and develop is sustainability. There has…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I just want to pick up on some of the points made. It is right that we need a proportionate system and we have to be careful in what we do. But we cannot afford to be…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am about to intervene. The noble Lord is somewhat optimistic in thinking that everything can be revealed within six months. I will make a broader point, which we are not…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Will the noble Baroness acknowledge that they distort competition in the Championship?15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]While the noble Lord is talking about parachute payments and the yo-yo, he used the figure of 14%. If you take out parachute payments, is the figure not an awful lot lower and…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will say a few words about one of the amendments, but first want to follow up on what the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, was saying about multi-club ownership. He was…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have listened very carefully to what the Minister said. I am very grateful to her for saying that she will consider some aspects further, because I think there is an…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I just want to say a word about Amendment 207. It talks about a club that is not a regulated club but bears a very similar resemblance to one that is in things such as…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 219 relates to Clause 46 and the question of the disposal of home grounds, and the kinds of approvals that are going to be required. I have just three points…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I think everybody is thinking about the previous examples we have been given, but would not the example that the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, just gave us of the non-sanctioned…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree that many of us who are concerned about football could talk all night about football agents and the concerns that many people have about them. I want to talk…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The amendment in this group that I tabled has been covered by some of the earlier discussions we had and some of the assurances that the Minister gave.09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased there is such agreement about the importance of the “state of the game” report. The Minister has given some elements of reassurance, but on others I…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will say just a word, because Amendment 72 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is included in this group. We have, to a certain extent,…09 Dec 2024