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HANSARDNational Youth StrategyI wholeheartedly agree with my noble friend. The national youth strategy will allow us to better target funding and services where they are most needed and to reduce geographical…10 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyI might look to the previous Government’s record and the £22 billion black hole that they left in this country’s finances.10 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 5 November be approved.10 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, over a decade since the first service launched, local TV continues to complement our national public service broadcasters by providing local content, including news and…10 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have contributed to what has been quite a brief debate on an important issue. I agree with the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, about the…10 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024I will write to the noble Lord on those points, rather than answering on the hoof.10 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyWe have started our engagement with young people in the sector. Yesterday the Secretary of State met young people in Bristol to discuss the role of young people in the strategy…10 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]On the example of Solihull, the response I made related specifically to the point that the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, raised about the creative use of accounting being used to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I suggest that noble Lords might discuss this at further length with the shadow regulator. As noble Lords will be aware, they have made themselves available and I am sure that, as…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Markham, for Amendments 56 and 58. I look forward to reading the letter to which he referred when it is forwarded to the Committee. On Amendment 56,…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for his amendment, which was an interesting contribution to this Committee. The noble Baroness, Lady Brady, eloquently outlined the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friends Lord Bassam of Brighton and Lady Taylor of Bolton and the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Lord Markham and Lord Addington, and the noble…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord McNally and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for tabling these amendments, and the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for moving the amendment at the start of…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for this amendment to ensure that the regulator must comply with the Freedom of Information Act and the Equality Act. This…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord might need to be content with my sympathy at this stage. I genuinely look forward to future discussions on this point. Overall, the Government have been clear that…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, and, through them, the noble Lord, Lord Maude of Horsham, and my noble friends Lord Bassam of…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I assume that if the relevant parliamentary committee felt that it was not getting the information it required, it would have quite an interesting evidence session with the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, for moving Amendment 68 on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Maude of Horsham, and all noble Lords for their thorough discussion of it and the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I understand that the FA’s position on this point has not changed. We completely agree that, in the course of regulating, the regulator should not unduly harm the ability of…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, for tabling this amendment, which gives us a further opportunity to have a discussion on international competitions. I understand that the…09 Dec 2024