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HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesI agree with my noble friend about the parades and, across your Lordships’ House, we all want to congratulate Arsenal on winning the Premier League and offer commiserations on its…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesAs I mentioned in response to my noble friend’s questions, representations regarding the interests of fans fall to the respective football associations. My understanding is that…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesThe Government do and will always work with event owners to ensure that the UK is an excellent host and partner, and that we can meet our commitments at the same time as…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, major sporting events matter. They matter to the fans who fill our stadiums and line our streets; they matter to the athletes who train for years for the chance to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesI am slightly incredulous. We have a situation where resale tickets are being priced at $2 million. I am not convinced that anybody would buy them at that price, but these are…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]Yes. Thank you. Huge apologies. They can be transformative, as my noble friend Lord Barber of Chittlehampton said, although, unlike him, I was not alive to see England in the…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]Maybe we can come back to that in Committee, as we do not think it does. It is more like the normal practice of people reselling them through, which I have done. I will not…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]That the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order:…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesI am not aware of any particular issues with visas. That falls firmly within the FCDO’s parameters, and it does most of the liaison with overseas countries on major sporting…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesMy noble friend Lady Hayman suggested that I get up and just repeat her response to the noble Earl, which was “Yes”, but I will not do that. As well as the World Cup being free to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesI have to be clear to my noble friend that this year’s World Cup tickets are allowed to be resold in the US. This year, we are celebrating quite a big anniversary in relation to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesIn response, and echoing my noble friend Lady Hayman from earlier, absolutely: yes.03 Jun 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingIt is also a road that is full of mythology and misunderstandings about where the Government are going. The Exchequer Secretary was emphatically clear this morning that capping…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingWe strongly condemn the sale of counterfeit merchandise, which fuels organised crime and bypasses critical safety standards. Buying fake kits directly funds serious criminal…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingAbsolutely. Whichever club noble Lords support—I support a club that has, sadly, been relegated—the joy that was apparent from all supporters, including the Prime Minister, at…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingI am not privy to the Independent Football Regulator’s precise views on this, but the Government established the Independent Football Regulator specifically to put hearts back at…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingMy noble friend has raised a number of issues. We are keen, to go back to the initial Question, to urge manufacturers to keep kits affordable. We want to make sure that football…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingI have really missed responding to my noble friend Lord Foulkes’ questions. It is always good to have a question from him. I did ask how the kits and strips for other home nations…20 May 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingI hope the noble Lord will be reassured that I asked that specific question as part of my preparation. I was told that the FA puts money from the sale of such kits back into…20 May 2026