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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has just returned. He will be in an exceptionally good mood as his club has just gone 2-1 up with about a minute to…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, this is one of the best debates we have had in Committee to date. I am equally sympathetic to the points made by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I apologise for intervening on the Minister’s speech, but I did ask a very specific question, which I think she has answered but I would be grateful if she could make it clear to…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]So the answer is yes.18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be equally brief in proposing my Amendments 187ZA and 187ZB. The drafting of the Bill states that if the regulator takes too long to determine applications for…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I too will speak to Amendment 204 on multi-club ownership, as the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, has made some important points and it would be helpful for the Committee…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I shall just say this, as it is so central to our proceedings this evening. Just for the record, on Monday evening the Minister said: “Finally, on the amendment from the noble…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]A model which creates tension does not get it right. We have already heard from Rick Parry that he would trigger it immediately. This is a model that does not work. We are trying…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I have listened very carefully to the debate and to what the Minister has said. I understand that UEFA asked the Government to carefully reconsider the backstop mechanism, since…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Will the Minister kindly write to the Committee? This is very important indeed. The backstop has been introduced into the Bill and UEFA has expressed very serious concerns about…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I asked whether it was raised in the letter from UEFA, which sadly the Committee cannot because it is private correspondence, but it is right at the heart of this legislation. If…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I was not for a minute suggesting that there should be an exhaustive list that should be consulted; I was simply highlighting three very specific groups of people who should be…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 173A standing in my name on the Order Paper. Here, we are referring to Clause 32, and it is the Secretary of State who will be taking a…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that. I think it is self-evident from her comments that once you remove the foreign and trade policy objective and put in place the significant influence…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am now trying to be helpful, especially in the presence of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, who will be able to opine on this suggestion. The reason why the Secretary of State has…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the probing amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, although not necessarily the wording of it or the outcome. It is related to something…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Jackson. What he said was exceptionally perceptive and wise. Look at Marcus Rashford, for example, who exploded on to the football…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Before the Minister leaves that amendment, could she very kindly advise the Committee whether the Government intend to meet their expected deadline of a consultation exercise on…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 119A in this group. Noble Lords will recall that, on many occasions, I have been active on the appointments made by the DCMS, in particular…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, in the interests of the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds, the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and me—passionate Leeds supporters—I feel that my noble friend Lord Parkinson…16 Dec 2024