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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I find my noble friend’s arguments very persuasive, and I will ask just one question. I do not know what the answer is, so others who know much more about this will…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Brady, who speaks with passion and deep expertise. I support this amendment. I suspect I am not the only football…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]With respect to the Minister, it was not just a random individual; it was a really significant player in the whole scheme of what we are talking about here.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to pick up one particular word that my noble friend Lady Brady raised: divisive. There is no doubt that this Bill has turned what was intended to be a backstop—a…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]What the noble Lord says is simply not the case. When the European Super League was proposed, what stopped it from happening and what made the clubs drop it like a red-hot potato…18 Dec 2024HANSARDPrison Capacity StrategyMy Lords, I believe that the reason we have a larger prison population than most comparable countries in Europe is not that more of our population are prone to become criminals;…17 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Woolwich Wanderers.16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to support my noble friend’s amendment, and to question whether it is wise for the Government to include this clause in the Bill. It says: “The Secretary of State…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Picking up the point that was made by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, particularly focusing on the Premier League, we have discussed in previous debates on this Bill the league’s…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I would like to make a short point, but it is an important one that has barely got a mention. Football clubs have a very strong interest in consulting their fans. The fans are…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a concern with the whole of this part of the Bill and the way in which operating licences will be required and the adjudication made upon them. This part of the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, there are two groups which, if the Bill goes through and is enacted, will be subject to regulation. There will be the competition organisers, of…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Markham and strongly disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. We constantly hear that the purpose of the Bill is for…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am sorry that we did not have a proper exchange, because I was looking forward to that. The reality is that the revenue that local community clubs get is predominantly gate…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the complexity of this debate—it is structurally complex as well as dealing with complex issues—illustrates how important it is that we explore these issues, because in…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]But it is for the Government to decide whether to incorporate something in a Bill that might make it hybrid. She has clearly taken advice which concluded that putting the explicit…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My noble friend just needs to know why. I hope that the Minister will forgive me for saying so, but that is not a satisfactory response. The problem here is that there seems to be…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to pick up exactly the point that my noble friend on the Front Bench has eloquently started to unpack. It is my fault, but I had not thought about this aspect of…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Before my noble friend responds to that, he is on a very important point here about the remedies that are available to a regulator where they have concerns. The noble Lord…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am grateful to my noble friend for drawing your Lordships’ attention to that. It is absolutely the case. When Governments consult with a sector, the people they consult with…02 Dec 2024