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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Perhaps noble Lords would allow me to continue, as it has been quite a long evening. I am getting close to the end of my response to the debate on this group. I turn to the issue…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friends Lord Bassam of Brighton and Lady Taylor of Bolton for tabling these amendments. The Government acknowledge the intent behind them, which is to fortify the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Whether we get the result while your Lordships are debating the Bill is a moot point, given the length of time we are taking to get through Committee. The noble Lord is correct,…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for the opportunity to respond to the amendment. The Government recognise the intent behind it, which is to ensure that the decision on the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am happy to go into more detail on that point when I meet the noble Lord and I will ask my officials to contact him to set up a meeting.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Moynihan and Lord Markham, in her absence the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and my noble friends Lady Taylor of Bolton and Lord Bassam of…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The Government’s view is that we do not need to put it in the Bill.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]As I previously explained, I do not think that the leagues that are likely to be regulated by this legislation in the first instance are in any doubt, but I will answer the noble…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate. I have already outlined the Government’s position on an issue that the Committee clearly cares about. I can confirm…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]On Amendment 23, I understand the aim of the noble Lord, Lord Beith, to ensure clubs are not inadvertently captured by the regulator’s regime or left out—for example, where they…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I take the opportunity to rise early on this group to establish the Government’s position on an issue the Committee clearly cares about. The Committee debated Amendment…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]No, it cannot.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friends Lord Bassam of Brighton and Lady Taylor of Bolton, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for raising the very…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, before I respond on this group, I would like to say that I am absolutely delighted to be taking this Bill through Parliament. If somebody had asked me even six months…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am happy to meet the noble Lord to discuss it further.02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]If I correctly understood the noble Lord’s point, I do not believe that clubs should be concerned about that particular instance. We will be discussing licences and licensing…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord will be aware that a lot of this detail is being worked out by the shadow regulator. I can ask for that detail. I cannot give the noble Lord explicit clarity on…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Baroness raises a particular concern. I am not suggesting by any means that people will not need time to get used to and understand the burdens or costs on smaller clubs…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, for tabling this amendment. I also particularly welcomed the personal account of the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I thank all…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Yes.02 Dec 2024