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HANSARDFootball 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]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]The noble Lord is obviously used to being a runner-up in these competitions.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 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Our wording mirrors the wording in Clause 28, which says: “A person may not become an owner of a particular regulated club unless”, so I do not think that the wording is the point…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, our Benches at the back here have three amendments in this group. They cover modern slavery, human rights and slave ownership. The purpose behind the amendments is to…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will of course happily withdraw the amendment in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Taylor and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. I have a few points to…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am more than happy to withdraw my amendment and grateful to the Minister for the assurances that she has given about the levy. I just say to colleagues on the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]But clearly, we should we look at these issues. State ownership is an issue we should keep under careful consideration. The Minister has said that all forms of ownership will be…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness makes a compelling point. It is the case that the EFL is dominated by the Championship clubs. The noble Baroness is absolutely right that the EFL has…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Markham, rumbled me early on in his comments when he worked out that these were probing amendments; that is what they were intended to be. The group…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, this is the first of a number of amendments in a very large group—enormous, in fact—but they all have at their core an impact on the way in which the independent…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Many of the amendments are consequential. I have highlighted the main points for the benefit of the Committee and that was my objective so that it would get the message.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I urge the Minister to give this some more thought, because it is a pertinent and powerful core issue, and we should all be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wood of Anfield, for…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we can probably dispose of this one relatively quickly. All that we seek is some reassurance, on the record, that the levy raised by the IFR will not overburden smaller…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will try to put the noble Lord’s mind at rest. Most regulators are financed by the industries that they regulate, and the noble Lord knows that; he knows a lot about…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I would hope that we would be concerned by things like hate incidents—those are important considerations. I certainly do not want my football club to be associated in any way with…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Seventy-two.18 Dec 2024