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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Just to follow on from that, I very much support my noble friend’s words. The only reason I can see why you would introduce new definitions is that there are new responsibilities…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to come in on Amendment 5. Although I am very much in favour of the intent of what we are trying to do—making more use of the sharing of data—I have to remember…03 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am scratching my head a bit on this. I am with the noble Lord, Lord Addington, in that I would like to see the women’s game included. However, I accept that there is a debate to…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The Minister will be aware that I made quite a few points on how the only thing a regulator can really do—the only shot in its locker—is to put in more deposits, and on the impact…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Again, I hope the Minister will answer this point. This is what the shadow regulator was explaining to us last week. What is the one thing you can do short of that? You can look…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I genuinely thank noble Lords for their interventions. We are trying to unpack and fix a tricky problem. I completely agree with the suggestion from the noble Lord, Lord Birt,…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords and I think the point about Amendment 72 was well made. Why I believe this is so critical is that when we have been talking about big clubs the feeling almost…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Like others, I have a dilemma, in that I am mindful that the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Bassam, and the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, are well intentioned and, on the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I join in with the sentiments expressed by many other noble Lords. I made the point at Second Reading that, however well intentioned, noble Lords came up with seven new…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 17. What we have seen today, and I am glad that the Chief Whip has been here to witness it, is a passionate and informed debate. Perhaps…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 13. I echo the points made by my noble friends Lord Maude and Lord Jackson: if the Chief Whip had stayed and heard the debates last week and…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I think the noble Lord misunderstands what I meant by competitive. It is not just which teams can win the Premier League overall and, as the noble Baroness showed, more teams can…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]On that point, I think that is the only way. We all agree that this would be such a big risk. I looked it up before the debate, because this is not just the equivalent of us…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Speaking as a former chief financial officer of a FTSE 250 company, I would say that, in those examples, if you found yourself in a situation where you could not sell a player…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]We have had a good debate. When the Minister replies, can she explain why it is not felt appropriate to have these measures of success to get the overall financial wealth of the…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The point that I was trying to make is that I absolutely agree that the noble Baroness’s amendment is well intended in terms of sustainability. I am worried that, as we all get…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I definitely do not want the regulator to be involved in every nook and cranny, but when the regulator is sitting here in front of us and we are assessing whether or not it has…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for his point. I would totally include in that measure of success, as the noble Lord, Lord Mann, says, enjoyment. That is absolutely part of it, because it…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am very glad the noble Baroness mentioned that. When you set the objectives of any organisation, you want to set out the balancing factors. If it is only sustainability, you can…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord may be looking down the wrong end of the telescope. It is not that they have got only £25,000 in cash. You have to look at the whole balance sheet. The fact that…27 Nov 2024