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HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationEvery effort is being made to ensure that the independent football regulator is up and running as soon as possible. This includes consultation with industry and passing essential…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationThis is exactly why we intend to get the regulator up as quickly as possible.03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationAlongside millions across the country, I was really proud to watch the Lionesses’ victory this summer, and I hope this continues to grow the game and inspire girls across the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationI should not comment on the inquiry being carried out by the Commissioner for Public Appointments—as I said earlier, this is ongoing. The noble Lord will be aware that David Kogan…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationClearly, we are really proud of the Premier League and of English and British football. It is our national game. However, the genesis of the Football Governance Act was based on…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationMy noble friend might observe that I did not use the term “working at pace”, which as it happens was in the original draft of my initial response. In all seriousness, though, we…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationThe Football Governance Act 2025 was put in place exactly to address the issues that the noble Lord identifies. As I said in my initial Answer, to make sure that we do not see any…03 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationDoes the noble Lord mean in relation to how many people are employed by the regulator? To be honest, that will be largely down to the incoming regulator itself. As the noble Lord…03 Sept 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 May be approved. Relevant document: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention drawn…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025My Lords, I shall also speak to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 and the Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025. This…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025That is not in my speech, but I have an answer for the noble Baroness. We think that it is a reasonable suggestion. We need to work out how we can do that. There was a suggestion,…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025My understanding is that that is what the regulations would mean in effect. The noble Lord shakes his head, but I want to be explicitly clear that this is not going to allow…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025We have the regulations before us. I cannot be more explicit than I have already been. To continue, investment by single or multiple state-owned investors will be capped at 15%.…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025My understanding is that they already can, on the basis of the Act. I do not have the detail that the noble Lord has asked for, but I have been told definitively that that is an…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025That the Order laid before the House on 26 June be approved. Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 26 June be approved. Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025It is important to distinguish between foreign Governments and state-owned investors. If the noble Lord will allow, this is covered in my opening remarks. The first set of…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025I thank all noble Lords who have participated for their contributions. In particular, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for his closing remarks and for his graciousness and…22 Jul 2025HANSARDParthenon Sculptures: ReturnThe noble Lord will be aware that the British Museum operates independently of the Government, and so decisions relating to its collections are, within the law, a matter for its…16 Jul 2025HANSARDParthenon Sculptures: ReturnThe Parthenon sculptures were lawfully acquired and are legally owned by the trustees of the British Museum. By definition, any loan agreement acknowledges that. The requirement…16 Jul 2025