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HANSARDSocial Cohesion and Community during Periods of ChangeMy Lords, I apologise for having spent most of the session in my office but, after yesterday’s Covid jab, I think it was better to collapse in the office rather than collapsing…06 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Figures have been given by the Premier League to clubs and clubs have been happy to cite those figures.04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I have met plenty of clubs that have given an estimate of the likely cost, including across the Premier League. There is no ambiguity around the kind of sum that many Premier…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have talked to quite a number of major new investors in English football and have not found one who opposes the general principle of having a regulator. They are quite…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, in one of the quaint ways that the Commons has of occasionally putting people, for whatever reason, on obscure committees, I found myself for 15 years on the hybrid Bill…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It would be helpful if the noble Lord could give examples of entrepreneurs wishing to invest in football who he has spoken to. I have spoken to a lot of entrepreneurs, including…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]There have been extraordinarily levels of dialogue between the Premier League and the Government over a long period on this. The suggestion that the Premier League does not have…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am curious. There have been a lot of detailed discussions over the last three years with the Premier League and with Premier League clubs—I was involved in many of them. The…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]There are vast numbers of Bills that could in theory be called hybrid Bills but are not, such as the Great British Railways Bill. It is a nonsense argument, and there are millions…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I was a member of that group and heavily involved in that work. Will the noble Lord reflect on the fact that all of its recommendations request that the regulator, the FCA,…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I appreciate that it is a little unconventional to speak to the amendment, but I would like to make a few comments to the mover of the amendment and the Minister. The…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, when it comes to taking opinion, I would rather not complicate things, but the divides that appear to be there are rather false ones, talking about issues that are not…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I hope that not all fans agree with my supporters’ group, because we have a very distinct approach from other fan groups. My point is that there is a range of groups and that…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest in the Register of Lords’ Interests , as the elected chair of a football supporters’ group with 13,000 members. On Sunday, the weather advice was…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for giving way. Would he like to comment on the Premier League vote of last week? Some clubs, led by Manchester City, wanted to grow the amount of money…27 Nov 2024HANSARDNon-crime Hate IncidentsMy Lords, statistics have been essential in assessing and understanding the levels of anti-Semitism in this country, as endorsed by two all-party inquiries and by evidence from…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]If there were no crooks or conmen, Bury Football Club might not have been forced to go to the very bottom of the pyramid rather than staying where they were—a club with a huge…13 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy oh my, democracy is a bit of a pain, is it not? This Palace has been here for 1,000 years. Eventually women were given the vote, and by 1970, 18 year-olds were given the vote.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have three minutes and three points. First, I was last a school pupil in 1977. This House is ahead of the Commons on this issue, but we are both well behind the times…18 Oct 2024HANSARDPrison CapacitiesMy Lords, I shall make two quick points—or perhaps two and a half, if I am quick. My first point is to ask the Minister why, with the prisoners released this week, the local…12 Sept 2024