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HANSARDFootball Governance BillAll the measures in the Bill, cumulatively, will ensure that clubs are well managed and run; therefore, they will be there and will not go into financial insolvency and…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillYes. This Bill is all about ensuring that the owners and directors of clubs are fit and proper people, so that what happened to the hon. Gentleman’s club, which I was at just a…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillAs my hon. Friend knows, the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew), and I have spent time looking at…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillWe looked closely at precedents elsewhere, particularly in regulatory fields, when forming the basis of the Bill. We have always been conscious that we are regulating in a…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillThe regulator will have strong powers to look at owners and directors tests, and at financial plans. They will have powers that are designed to ensure the financial sustainability…23 Apr 2024 Bills sponsored (4)