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HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechI say to the noble Lord that I would turn up to hear him speak. In relation to the question, I am aware of the issues that have been in the media this week; clearly, they have…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechIt is important to recognize that arts organisations operate independently of government, and which philanthropic donations they should accept are therefore commercial decisions…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechI am not going to be drawn on specific cases, but the whole point of this Government’s approach is to focus on delivery for the people of this country, not to stoke individual…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechMy Lords, everyone has the right to express themselves and share ideas without interference from the Government. This right is protected by Article 10 of the Human Rights Act…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechI thank the noble Lord for bringing us back to a specific example that is adversely affecting a significant portion of our society. Anti-Semitism has absolutely no place in our…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechLike a number of noble Lords across your Lordships’ House, I had the pleasure and privilege of being an assembly member while the former Prime Minister was Mayor of London. I am…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCultural Sector: Freedom of SpeechI would like to think that the art of disagreeing constructively is something we do reasonably well in your Lordships’ House—on most subjects. In relation to sponsorship, it is…08 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]UEFA raised no concerns about the backstop in its most recent meetings with DCMS and the Minister for Sport, including those held since the Bill has been introduced. I hope that…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Markham, for this amendment and all noble Lords who have taken part with a degree of passion that shows their commitment to the game and to the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I appreciate the noble Lord’s point, but if the EFL triggers the backstop or makes a proposal in bad faith, it could end up worse off if the Premier League’s proposal is more…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Clearly, it does not need to wait for the state of the game report to decide whether they are relevant. The approach we have adopted in the Bill means in practice that if the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Simply because one individual says that they would want to trigger it does not mean that the regulator would view the condition as being met.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am not sure how many times I have said that this evening, but it is really not very many. I am trying to establish that this model has been worked on and discussed for some…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We went through in quite a lot of detail how the backstop mechanism would be triggered. I know we have more to come, as the noble Lord, Lord Maude, said, but in my view, it is not…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I recognise the strength of feeling on this point and look forward to discussing this further as we proceed through the Bill’s progress in this House. Amendment 173B is in the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am not going to comment on what people did or did not say in that committee meeting at this point. The backstop would be applied only if certain high thresholds were met. The…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is important for us to go through how the regulator’s backstop powers and power of last resort would work. I appreciate that the noble Baroness is entirely right that an…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I appreciate that the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, may take a different view and I completely understand people’s concerns that it will be a front-stop—as a spoiler alert, and with…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friends Lady Taylor of Bolton and Lord Bassam of Brighton for their amendments on this important topic. I thank my noble friend for outlining why distributions…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for their amendments concerning the levy. On Amendment 251 from the noble Lord, Lord Markham, setting the…18 Dec 2024