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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, may I offer to send her the academic study headed, “Study linking ethnic diversity with performance by McKinsey questioned by academics”? I am very…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Why?16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we are, I hope, on the home straight, to take a metaphor from another sport. I rise to support an amendment in this group, to say nothing about some others, and to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Markham, makes a very good point. If some local worthies approach you and ask, “Will you invest in this club?” and you say, “Well, I’ve got to figure out what…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, and the noble Lord, Lord Mann, for his intervention. He seemed to think I was talking about Premier League clubs. I was not. I was saying…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Jackson and to support the three amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Parkinson. I spoke a few days ago about how…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all three amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 253. I am delighted to follow the noble Lords, Lord Jackson, Lord Markham and Lord Parkinson, in…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for that intervention but the fact remains that they cannot know what it will cost because, for a start, we do not have any certainty about what clubs will…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I beg the noble Baroness’s pardon for not attributing the £10 million figure to her. The fact is that we know that is ludicrous, because the cost of other regulators is way more…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend. I apologise to the Committee for going over my allotted time, but I hope that it will appreciate that a great deal of that time was taken up not by me but…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I would almost have concluded in that space of time. Once the method for determining the levy is agreed and the amounts are fixed, most surely the regulator should be prevented…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak against Amendment 17A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Watson, and in favour of Amendment 17, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Markham. The noble Lord, Lord…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am not aware of any reputable scientific body that makes the claims the noble Lord has just made.02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I absolutely say that the central prediction of all the major bodies is that there will be no major problem faced from climate change by 2050. If, indeed, the noble Lord or any…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I interrupt to comment on the proposal from the noble Lord, Lord Knight. It is quite extraordinary. Are we little Englanders who think that our only role is in this country? There…02 Dec 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: CostsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Frost for calling this debate and for his excellent opening remarks. I call attention to my register of interests. Each day, the direct and…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer to my interests and to 65 years of attendance at Stamford Bridge. Your Lordships should oppose this Bill, root and branch. It is badly written, of course—it is a…13 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests. This Government say that their first priority is to achieve economic growth, which, as the noble Baroness, Lady…11 Nov 2024HANSARDClimate AgendaMy Lords, I refer to my interests as listed in the register. My remarks today will not be about the expected extent of climate change; however fervently some may wish to introduce…24 Oct 2024HANSARDBank of England (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I stand in this House to make my maiden speech, aware of the great honour that membership of this House entails—surely undeserved in my case. With each week that I am…02 May 2024