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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]This issue has arisen before. The FA Cup is the oldest cup competition in the world, yet one club that held the title did not enter it the following season in order to play a…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I support the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, and the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, because I have walked this tightrope. When I was leader of Stockport Council, we…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Can the Minister help me? She said she would comment on the amendments. What are her comments on Amendment 192, tabled by my noble friend Lord Addington, which would require the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I do not disagree with the noble Baroness’s principles or beliefs when she talks about the nanny state and it being up to individuals, but where does she sit on smoking? Smoking…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I was getting overexcited listening to the noble Lord, Lord Mann, because we have lives outside this Chamber, and for my sins, I go in the Dog and Duck every now and…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]There is some merit in what the noble Lord says. The noble Lord, Lord Addington, and I met Rick Parry and some people from the EFL this week and they are quite content with this.…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to comment on the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Markham, which, on the face of it, sounds sensible, obvious, simple, light touch and low cost. I rise also to…16 Dec 2024HANSARD75th Anniversary of Formula 1My Lords, the F1 generates hundreds of millions of pounds for the British economy and turns over £2 billion a year. It is a fantastic success. Can I ask the Minister to consider…12 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Can I help the noble Lord? The debate on defining sustainability was about three hours on the first day and, on fans, about two and a half hours on the second day. I think we have…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. The amendment is probably badly worded, but I am sure the inference is about the England football team rather than league…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very brief. In my view, these are proper probing amendments about unintended consequences—such as with Solihull—and the need to support women to get to the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I hear what the noble Baroness says about diversity. This weekend, a West Ham player, Antonio, had a terrible car accident and is in hospital now. If you had seen some of the vile…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]On the noble Lord’s point, can he explain to me what happened to the banks when the financial crash came and they ran out of money, or the money was disappearing? Who stepped up…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We may not have got to a conclusion, but what about repetition? Here we go again. We have had the discussion; the Minister gave us her answer; we move on. But we have not moved on…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, has hit the nail on the head. We did a bit of research as well; the question of whether this is a hybrid Bill was asked in the other place, and it…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]To be helpful to the Committee, could the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, give us the names of the seven clubs? That might shed some light on what is going on here. There seems to be…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]On these Benches, we broadly support these measures. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan of Chelsea, because he speaks his mind and I like that. There is no…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I support the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, in what she and the previous speaker have said and in all the work that she does. It is all there in the Deloitte report on the Premier…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Noble Lords need to understand exactly what the previous speaker was talking about. It is about preserving our leagues. The fan base of a club is not 200,000 people in South Korea…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, nobody faint, but on this issue I fully support the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson. I bear the scars of Democracy Denied? It was an excellent report that it took us quite a…02 Dec 2024