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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, for her amendments and for her introduction to what was, thankfully, at this time of the night, with apologies, a very short debate—so far.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friends Lord Bassam of Brighton and Lady Taylor of Bolton and the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for tabling these amendments regarding home grounds.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Markham, Lord Moynihan and Lord Hayward, for tabling these amendments, and the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Jackson of Peterborough and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for tabling these amendments, and all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate.…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I will write to the noble Lord on that point. I hope it will give noble Lords some reassurance that Parliament would also be able to scrutinise any change, as regulations would…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We discussed in one of the previous groups why the legislation does not currently have specific people that have to be consulted every time. I commit to write to the noble Lord to…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Markham, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay and Lord Moynihan, and my noble friends Lady Taylor of Bolton, Lord Wood of Anfield and Lord Mann for tabling…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I agree that statutory regulation should exist only where it is necessary. In our view, the regulatory system is already designed to be proportionate so that intervention can…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, before I respond to the points that have been raised, I want to respond to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Addington, in the previous group, in relation to the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord and I may need to agree to disagree on the level and extent of the consultation. The culmination of consultations between officials and the various meetings that…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Perhaps the noble Lord could clarify whether he means once the regulator is up and running. I assume so. It would be very unusual for that to not be the case, but I will confirm…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, and the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for their amendments. Clause 11 permits the Secretary of State to publish a statement on…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, and the noble Lords, Lord Moynihan and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for putting forward these amendments. On Amendments 112, 113, 114,…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I would like to make it explicit that they will have the relevant clearance to deal with this issue.16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I could talk at great length about this, but instead, I reassure noble Lords that I can confirm that staff will be able to engage with all relevant authorities on such issues.16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Markham, Lord Moynihan and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for tabling these amendments. I will take them in turn. On Amendment 170, in the name of…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]For the reasons that I have outlined in my speech.16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord is very welcome to send this to me, but I am afraid that, as somebody who used to work in governance myself, I am quite committed to the concept that good…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is getting late and I have just dropped all my notes. This is not actually about football per se; it is about good governance. The regulator will be concerned with…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, reflecting the point from the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I am afraid that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and I fundamentally disagree on this area of the…16 Dec 2024