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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I may have misread the documentation for this Committee, but I am pretty sure I read an Opposition amendment that would allow a football club’s political intervention or statement…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the way in which our FA has been involved in the making of those rules is a little bit like some other supranational organisations that we were…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Newbury has suggested that that approach means that the Conservative party is happy being a rule taker, after all. Is that the case?05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr McCartney— [ Interruption. ] I am sorry, Mr Turner. Let the record show that I am living in the past—perhaps not as far in the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman is arguing that ticket prices are already going up anyway. Football clubs are raising their prices—in some cases, as fan groups have argued, in the case…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)We are strongly opposed to the amendment, for a few reasons. First, it will be impossible for the regulator to know whether its actions and costs are being reflected in ticket…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is not clear to me that Ashford Town (Middlesex) would be one of the clubs covered by the regulator. I am not sure what division they are in, but I do not think they are in the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler—it is appropriate that you are chairing given that, as I understand it, the road to Wembley runs right through your…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)At least we won’t be in coalition with Reform.05 Jun 2025HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) on securing this important debate. We are in the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My first Southampton game at the Dell was in 1993. Southampton lost, predictably, to Manchester United. My grandparents and father took me, and playing at the back that day was a…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I was enjoying it.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Member is making a compelling case. Does he think that in all cases—in all public bodies, in all quangos—anyone who is a member of a political party, or has ever been…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)How might the shadow Minister compare the relationship between the IFR and the Government with the relationship between the BBC and the Government, for example?03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have a lot of sympathy with the point that the Opposition spokesperson is making, and the point made by the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East earlier. The problem is that we…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Ofqual.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am a member of the Robins Trust at Cheltenham Town.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will indicate, if that is okay, Sir Jeremy.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. As the Minister knows, the Liberal Democrats support the Bill. We were clear on Second Reading that we supported its…03 Jun 2025