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HANSARDCopyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024I too welcome the Minister back. As the House will know, there is a long tradition in the creative industries that, before someone has a performance, you wish them the best by…12 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Treatment: Waiting TimesI appreciate from my own time as Health Minister how difficult it is to meet the expanding demand, so I wonder if we are still looking at other methods to expand capacity,…03 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I am not going to try to better the excellent speech made by the noble Viscount, Lord Colville. We debated at much length in Committee the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyI must admit that, probably like many noble Lords, I had to do a bit of research into 8chan and the others as part of this. In fact, I got a bit worried that I might get into…16 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI welcome the Secretary of State’s Statement in this space, and I start with an apology. When I agreed to speak to this, I was told it would be first business after Questions, and…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lords, Lord Watson and Lord Addington, for their support. I was hoping that the noble Baroness would say that this is just a very sensible, practical solution. I…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I hope that this will be very simple and quick. All we are trying to do here is prevent the possibility of mid-season disruptions brought about by the implementation of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their contributions, and I thank the Minister. I think there was a shared view, bar the Minister, that there is an opportunity here to clear this up. It…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I can bore on this issue, as a former FTSE chief financial officer. An audit is backward-looking, and you have to have a going concern statement, which is the forward 12 months.…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That would be very helpful, because the main point here, and what I hope we can achieve between now and Report, is that we know that there is a small group of economists at the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Noble Lords will remember that, in earlier debates, I said that there are many good things that the regulator should be set up to do, so I agree with that. The MK Dons is a very…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to oppose the proposition that Clauses 61 to 64 should stand part of the Bill and I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Birt. I will also speak to…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Speaking as a fully signed-up member of the anorak club, I completely understand the point about business plans, which I have always done in businesses I am involved in. I am…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I wish all noble Lords a happy new year, because this is the first time I have been here. I wish that my noble friend Lord Parkinson was joining us here instead of being in the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I rise to speak to Amendment 329 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Parkinson. I will speak very briefly, because Amendment 327, on costs, was spoken to extensively. I…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Watson, referred to Brighton and Brentford. I have spoken to the chair of Brentford and the CEO of Brighton. Both say that without the parachute payments—that…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 336 and speak to my further amendments in this group. Those amendments are all taken together: indeed, Amendments 336, 338 and 339 are…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I just think that this is very easy; it could be cleared up a minute. If there is nothing to hide and no concerns, just release the letter. Then we can say, “That’s fine; there…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Clause 84 details the provisions that may be brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. However, as drafted the Bill does not include any decisions made under…15 Jan 2025