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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is late, so I am sure that all noble Lords will be pleased to know that I will keep my comments short.15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord. I think that the points are clear. We are clearly not going to get the resolution now. I think it will carry on as a running sore until the Government, I…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am sure that we can get the absolute reference from the statto—the noble Lord, Lord Birt, will probably calculate it and tell us by the end of the debate. I think the figure is…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That hurts. Tony Bloom made clear to me that Brighton’s whole business plan depended on what he called “the yo-yo”. West Brom had just done it at the time: you get promoted and…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]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]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 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]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]15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for this debate and the Minister for her response. While my amendment was anoraky by nature, I think we would all agree that the other amendments tabled by my…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 173A in the name of my noble friend Lord Moynihan and Amendment 173B in the name of my noble friend Lord Hayward. The amendments in this…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their contribution to this debate, and again I thank the Minister for her response. I noticed that she went into the detail of the backstop mechanism but I…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 251 in my name and to speak to Amendments 257 and 258 from my noble friend Lord Parkinson. Amendment 251 seeks to place a limit on the rate of…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her response and thank noble Lords for all the contributions to the debate on this amendment. On Amendment 172 and the expenditure cap, the Minister…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]This goes to the principle of the redistribution amendments in the group. We have had two debates on this; I hope this will be the hat trick, so to speak, because it is talking…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It may be that it should be a matter of fact and we can find out one way or the other. The question is: how much consultation has happened specifically on the parachute payments?…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I hope we can move constructively on this point. I welcome the Minister’s undertaking to give clubs as much time as they request. I appreciate the amount of time the Minister has…18 Dec 2024