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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend the shadow Minister sets out his question very well. It sounds as though the situation could get very complicated, especially over time, as the regulator might…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I have sympathy with the aims of the amendments, but I also have a few questions. I wonder whether the wording in the Bill about “requisite honesty and integrity” might cover the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Another reason to include the word “badge”, my hon. Friend would presumably agree, is not only that is it technically correct, but it is a word used in football. It is a word that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I agree with the shadow Minister. I suppose there is a not-too-fanciful theoretical situation in which the football regulator makes a decision on the ownership of a club that has…05 Jun 2025HANSARDJoining Up GovernmentI welcome the Minister’s words on wanting a more joined-up Government, but I have concerns that the Department for Transport and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Turner. Amendment 97 is objectively reasonable; the Government, in setting up the independent football regulator, should want…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)No. The football regulator is not set up—unless the Government view otherwise—to decide what symbols the England national team wear on their arms. It is set up for all sorts of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The hon. Lady and I can debate all day what we think is political and our recollection of what FIFA has ruled or not ruled in the past. However, that is not relevant, because she…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)No, I do not accept that. All the amendment does is to seek the compliance of the football regulator, which this Government are trying to set up, with the major international…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I, and I suspect a lot of fans, would not be comfortable if there was a negotiation between FIFA and the Government—by the way, the current Secretary of State received money from…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for seeking to provide clarification. Can she clarify what would happen in the scenario posed by the hon. Member for Cheltenham? If a club such as Manchester…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Once again, I am going to refuse the temptation to make a political point about back-of-a-fag-packet calculations by the Liberal Democrats. This amendment does not provide a…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I am a lawyer!05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I have some sympathy with what the hon. Member is seeking to do, but I am slightly concerned that perhaps he rolled over before he even rose to his feet, and will not press his…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I appreciate that we have a situation where one of the Minister’s Back Benchers is seeking assurances in this Committee, but does she accept that is not the equivalent of having…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)rose—05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)It is a fundamental principle of lawmaking that, when interpreting the law, judges or anyone else do not go and look at what a Minister might have said in Hansard . I appreciate…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Butler. The shadow Minister, as ever, is a strong advocate for the fans and has set out a compelling case for supporting the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)The shadow Minister has already set out in great but necessary detail the reasons why amendments 99 and 100 have been tabled and should be supported. The issue is that subsections…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for swimming facilities. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I am very pleased to have…04 Jun 2025