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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Hear, hear.16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I will take that advice. I put my name to Amendment 237, because I thought that it was about an identification symbol. That is what heraldry is all about, except that we do not…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I make a brief reminder here that objections have been raised to all sorts of things. I remember when it was the poppy on jerseys in a football match. Apparently, a…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, all I can say about this is that I may not have disagreed with every single word that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, said, but I certainly disagreed with her tone.16 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 totally agree with my noble friend on this one—both noble friends, actually. I am afraid that if you want to see a country where gambling advertising and gambling…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, going through this long list of amendments, I think that we can all agree that “miscellaneous” is a good description of this group. On what is a competition, I added my…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it might be convenient for me to say a few words on this. Primarily, I am drawn to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, for the reasons he gave. We have heard…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, looking at these amendments, I think that a little bit of agreement is breaking out that certainty and getting things done quickly are required in the Bill. The noble…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is nice to have a little fan club. My amendment may be making the ultimate pedant’s point, but the Bill says that a relevant thing that cannot be interfered with is the name of…16 Dec 2024HANSARDState-funded Schools: Special Educational NeedsI thank the Minister for that Answer, but I remind her that it is estimated that 70% of dyslexics are not identified at school, and the figure is also very high for those with…11 Dec 2024HANSARDState-funded Schools: Special Educational NeedsTo ask His Majesty’s Government how they will ensure state-funded schools are better able to identify those with special educational needs and better able to meet those needs.11 Dec 2024HANSARDState-funded Schools: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I remind the House of my declared interests.11 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, does the Minister agree that any youth strategy has to look at how it integrates into the voluntary sector of the general adult world? We assume that most young people…10 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, that was not the most positive response I have had to an amendment, but it was worth raising the idea of the listed events and certain things being culturally important.…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it might be convenient if I say a few words now. I remind the Committee that many of the people taking part today do not like regulation. I have heard that—a lot. I have…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lord McNally tabled two amendments about making sure that terrestrial television carries football matches. When we talk about the quality of football…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, as the noble Baroness just said, could we have the answer tonight as to what the state of play actually is? If we get some assurance that, “Providing we do not do X and…09 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy Lords, I remind the House of my interests as set out in the register. Something that has run through everything we have said about special educational needs is that there is a…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the “state of the game” report is one of those things that has been almost universally welcomed. It will look at this very big and complex industry, with a very…09 Dec 2024