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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am mindful of the fact that the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is not here. She and I, and others, have an amendment specifically addressing the issue of the place of…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to my amendment about the inclusion of the National Leagues North and South. I accept that my amendment is defective; I think the Committee on Statutory…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord has the benefit of supporting Horsham FC. I have the benefit of supporting Brighton and Hove Albion, and I am absolutely passionate about my football club, which is…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am intrigued by the amendments from the Benches opposite because there is a degree of amnesia in some of this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, moves to strike…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am told that EFL clubs are likely to lose around £450 million in this current football season, and I think the noble Baroness said something similar. The regulator in this Bill,…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Jackson, made a point about Clause 11. I have read it and I have also read the previous Clause 11. As far as I can see, they are absolutely identical. Perhaps…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My understanding of the exchange of correspondence was that UEFA’s primary concern was that the scope of the legislation in the Bill may go beyond financial concerns. It was…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I entirely accept that the noble Baroness would have done that, but I was more concerned about the argument coming from the Official Opposition.27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Following up on my noble friend’s point, looking at the finances of some clubs, you do wonder. Would the noble Lord, who has been in business himself, tolerate a situation where…27 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, when we considered the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill earlier in the year, I confessed to feeling somewhat out of my depth and at the edge of my comfort…19 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Arts, Heritage and Cultural OrganisationsMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, for ensuring that we have this debate. We do not talk enough about the arts and cultural industries in our politics, and it is…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an honour and a privilege to speak in the debate on the Football Governance Bill, which is fundamentally a good Bill and one that the Government should be proud…13 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord seems to be obsessed with competition at the bottom end of the Premier League towards the end of the football season. What about the distortion in the English…13 Nov 2024HANSARDOlympic and Paralympic Games: Team GBMy Lords, that is more excellent Budget news; it keeps coming. However, how people watch and are inspired by our sporting heroes is changing. During the Paris 2024 Olympics and…04 Nov 2024HANSARDOlympic and Paralympic Games: Team GBTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support the continued success of Team GB at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to ensure that there is community…04 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I begin, as others have done, by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, on initiating this debate. Apart from being a highly effective Minister in the last…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, can the noble Lord give us an estimate of the damage done to our research and development programmes through our absence from the Horizon scheme over the past few years?08 Oct 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I sort of gave my thanks yesterday, as I was not really sure what we would be doing today—and I was not alone. I want to thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, again for…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I think the convention of the House is that, on Report, a noble Lord has only one bite of the cherry. This has been a long debate and we had a long debate yesterday. I…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillPerhaps the Minister can help here. I am wondering what a newscaster is, having heard what the noble Lord, Lord Grade, said.22 May 2024