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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I apologise hugely if my nodding at one point during the noble Lord’s comments meant that other things were inferred. It has reminded me of the dangers of nodding, whether you are…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It was hybrid—02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The primary reason, as I understand it—and it was clearly the previous Government who drafted the iteration of the Bill and the stage of the Bill that we are now at in our…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is for the examiners, not the Government, to decide whether or not there is hybridity.02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I will address the issue of why the regulatory regime is currently intended to be limited to the top five tiers of football and not to include the National League North and the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords—02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am slightly confused because the noble Lord is going from being proportionate to now appearing to want us to bring in further—02 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 Grey-Thompson, for raising these important…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Lord Markham and Lord Addington, and my noble friend Lord Watson of Invergowrie for tabling these amendments and for the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That is a matter that I am sure we will discuss at greater length when we come to a longer discussion on secondary legislation, but I am happy to talk to the noble Lord outside…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Lord Maude of Horsham and Lord Markham, for tabling their amendments and for the thorough discussion we have had. I look…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]As I said, I will write to noble Lords on this point, noting that I know they want to work constructively on the Bill. I have a few more points to cover, so if I could continue…02 Dec 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityThe Secretary of State and the Prime Minister have committed to the licence fee for the remainder of the current charter period, until 2027. Ahead of the charter review, the…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityThe Government are still considering the mid-term review recommendations that require updates to the BBC framework agreement and decisions will be made in due course. I am happy…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityI assume that, like all organisations in the public sector, the BBC will have internal processes to monitor this, and a social media policy.28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityI welcome my noble friend’s view on the BBC, which closely aligns with that of the Government. The BBC matters hugely to our public life and this Government are committed to…28 Nov 2024HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, for securing this debate. I know it is an important matter to the noble Lord, as it is to your Lordships’ House, to the…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityMy Lords, it is for Ofcom, the BBC’s independent regulator, to hold the BBC to account on its duty to deliver impartial news content under its royal charter. The Government must…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityThe BBC, as I said in my initial Answer, has a duty to provide accurate and impartial news and information. I am sure all noble Lords would agree that that is particularly…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityI look forward to reading the report that the noble Baroness refers to. The Government recognise that society’s shift online presents new challenges and opportunities to news…28 Nov 2024