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HANSARDChildren 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 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, I just want to clarify my position. I did not want an absolute yes; I wanted a probable yes in the most civilised world. Going forward, that is what I was looking for,…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments seem quite reasonable. It would be interesting to see whether conflicts of interest at this level are addressed. I hope the Minister has a nice succinct…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly. The middle two of these amendments are effectively a rehash of arguments we have already had—fair enough, so I will not comment on them. But, on…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the difference between “may” and “must”—or may and shall—is a pretty old parliamentary debate, but the noble Baroness has something here. I read through the amendments…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 36 seems to be taking a sledgehammer to a nut. If you have some expertise and you are commentating, you may well be qualified to be in that role. There is a…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, if we are talking about influence, it is reasonable that we know what it means. As the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, has said, this is an example of why we have this…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I will make one small and quick point. We talked about this being for fans and the traditions of the game. These accepted historical changes to the structure are something that…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make some brief comments. As I read the Bill, the Secretary of State providing some finance might be necessary, particularly in starting up. One of the things we…04 Dec 2024HANSARDHigher Education SectorMy Lords, I thank the Chief Whip. If we are going to make sure that the universities are accessible to our own students, can we have an indication of what level of support we are…04 Dec 2024HANSARDHigher Education SectorMy Lords—04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it might be an appropriate time for me to make a few comments on the Bill. Amendment 12 suggests that the regulator will be able to have a very positive input into the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it depends on whether by harm you mean spending any money on regulation. Yes, making sure that there is any structure of regulation is a harm, but it is a necessary…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope I might be allowed to say a few words about my amendment in this group, if everybody is okay with that. I asked for a definition of “fans” because I had a…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]They have made a financial commitment or signed a pledge—I do not know, but they have made a commitment. They have said that they are a part of this and there is no compulsion;…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have the last amendment in the group, which seems to be where my amendments are occurring today. I think we should have somebody at each club who addresses this issue.…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, my name is to amendments in this group which will undoubtedly be accused of a bit of creep from the mission on the Bill. Having said that, what inspired this creep was…02 Dec 2024