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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 55 and 56. I received a satisfactory reply on the four amendments from the previous group, which I submitted to the Government and the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I support the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, especially after Saturday’s result between Bolton and Stockport County—thereby hangs a tale. I was following the thread from…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. I have had a long conversation with her around the state of the women’s game and the lighter touch in the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDEast Coast Main LineMy Lords, in the spirit of railway consultation, I met with the noble Lords, Lord Snape and Lord Bradley, and we are inviting the managing director of Avanti trains, Andy Mellors,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Amazed.11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Okay.11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Only one name was mentioned on Sky?11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It was slightly disingenuous of the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, when we are talking about pre-scrutiny of approval, to name a proposed candidate when, apparently, there are two…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we are on the same lines as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, on the degree. Naturally, the removal of “a higher degree of influence” seems to be watering down the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I almost expected the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, to withdraw these two amendments following the meeting we had yesterday with the FA. I am absolutely certain that his…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I have seen the amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Moylan, is not addressing it; he is giving us a history lesson. We had this in the football debate where we had 25 minutes of…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I think the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, is missing the point slightly. We talk about who is running the buses; people who see the way that Bee Network buses are run in Greater…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I support my noble friend Lord Bradshaw. That is part of what we have done with the Bee Network in Manchester. We now have park-and-rides in parts of the borough where you can…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I withdraw my amendment.28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 2 and support my noble friend Lady Brinton’s Amendment 6, as well as my further amendment in this group, Amendment 12. I am seeking to probe…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAvanti West CoastMy Lords, Avanti has a simple objective in life: to supply three hours of train from Manchester to London. It is not complicated. It is a straight line. I will give a snapshot of…27 Jan 2025HANSARDAvanti West CoastI am rarely lost for words. Seriously, the customers are at the heart of this, day in, day out, with children, having the service that the noble Lord, Lord Bradley, has described.…27 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, for the first hour of the debate today, I honestly thought I was in a different Committee. The thoughtful amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Birt, and the reasoning…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Just to reply to that, let us be straight: is the noble Lord seriously alleging that the Government are holding back information that could exclude English football clubs from…15 Jan 2025