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HANSARDErasmus ProgrammeMy Lords, David Lammy said that he wanted to reinvigorate our relationship with the EU. Would not the Erasmus scheme, or something very like it, be a good step towards that?20 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, when it comes to parachute payments and what they imply—that is, the survival of a fall—I cannot help but feel that if we made what clubs were falling on a little…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I too do not think that these amendments are necessary. I agree with the principles the noble Lord, Lord Norton, laid out—I think the whole Committee agrees with…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I basically agree. There is a break at the end of the season. Most organised team sports change their rules and regulations in that break if they are going to do so. It…15 Jan 2025HANSARDState Schools: Creative EducationI thank you for being allowed to speak. Will the Minister take on board that museums often tell you certain things about development, for example, and the importance of design and…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, to follow up on the point from the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, will the Minister tell us how the Government seek to enable Parliament, and indeed the Government, to…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in front of us seem very appealing on the face of it, but I wonder why we have not got there already. If the Minister has some idea about the process that…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I find myself agreeing with both the noble Lords, Lord Watson and Lord Pannick. It would be good if we could know what has been said and, if there is no big objection,…15 Jan 2025HANSARDState Schools: Creative EducationMy Lords—15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am assuming that this is a probing amendment. Other sports—not British sports—do this, such as American football. Is it the Government’s intention that the regulator…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome my noble friend Lord Scriven to this debate and congratulate him on making those points. When it comes to the modern slavery amendments—to take on the point…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, it is probably important to remember that a lot of this is about making sure that we preserve our football league. If a different Government had not…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we need an answer about why these things are carried on for so long, because there are administrative burdens. If we want these clubs to survive and come back, we could…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We have gone through this several times. If there could at least be some private way in which those people involved in this could see this letter, it would be of assistance,…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That is the point of the Bill.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am not very bothered by having a muscular regulator; I want an efficient one that gets things done and looks after the lower clubs. There is a disagreement between us…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am beginning to wish I had jumped up before the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, because I have come to a similar conclusion. For every success story in football, if you look…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, that might be the noble Lord’s interpretation, but, ultimately, it is government that makes law.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I take it that we have a consensus that there should be some way to find out what the regulation is and the reactions to it. Will the Minister give us an assurance that it will be…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very brief.16 Dec 2024