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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I chaired the meeting referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, and I too was very puzzled that the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, decided to proceed with his amendment…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I ask the noble Lord whether he would have been in the habit when he was a Minister of revealing the contents of private correspondence?11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will not add very much to what my noble friend has already said about the importance and value of having players and fans recognised in the consultation process,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we had a useful debate in Committee on environmental amendments. I was one of those promoting them, but I was much reassured by the Minister’s comments that they were…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, to respond briefly to the noble Lord’s comments, I quite understand where he is coming from in ensuring a proper and effective process in securing good-quality public…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords—11 Mar 2025HANSARDTelegraph NewspapersMy Lords, when we were in opposition, we were very concerned about the ownership of national titles and newspapers, and we made that very clear. But another issue on which I would…05 Mar 2025HANSARDRecruitment of TeachersMy Lords, the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of seaside towns back in 2019 identified a real problem with the retention of teachers in coastal and remote…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRecruitment of TeachersMy Lords—06 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I have a very simple question for my noble friend: what discussions have taken place between the Government and the Scottish Parliament and Government? I know that the Scottish…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]That is a very good point. There is a case for a review and my noble friend Lord Stansgate put his finger on it, as did my noble friend Lord Shamash. But is not this the sort of…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I wonder—this is, I guess, the question for the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, from the noble Lord, Lord Holmes—what advantage adding this extra clarity brings to the consideration of…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise simply to echo others in thanking the Committee clerks and the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for their work in bringing the Bill to where we have got to today. I…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I am more than happy to be a co-signatory to this amendment. In agreeing with it, I want to make it plain that I bear the Royal Albert Hall, an iconic national and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will happily withdraw my amendment. I am delighted to hear of the progress that the Minister has set out. I view his comments as a positive endorsement of the progress…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move the amendment in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty. When this Bill was introduced, I rightly praised…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The regulator is also encouraging clubs to put things right and offer remedies in their reports that have to be fair and proportionate.15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I made this point at an earlier part of our considerations. Put simply, all these clubs are limited companies and are regulated effectively through an audit process, so all of the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, before the noble Lord completely finishes his point and before we get to the Minister, from whom I think we all want to hear on this, does he accept that there has not…15 Jan 2025