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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Where does it say precisely that the club must consult on that? It must consult about shirt colours, names and crests, so where does it specifically say that about the ground?21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is almost assuming that the regulatory regime is going to make a perfect world, and that there are not going to be failures. The question being asked is: what happens…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)Sorry. When we come to the new clause, I will say that I have already said what I will say.21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)On the point about playing games abroad, which we will come back to later, it is interesting that although clubs will have to consult their fans, if the competition organiser…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Is the hon. Gentleman saying that the Premier League’s objective in having parachute payments protected in this way is to ensure they that continue, while the issue of the pyramid…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is therefore saying that a club makes a proposal, consults with the fans and comes to a view, then the regulator must accept the view that the club has come to. Why…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)I will reflect on what the Minister said. I will perhaps do so at a future date, but I will not move it at this stage. Clause 48 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 49 Duty…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 52, page 42, line 28, at end insert— “(9A) The starting point for calculation of the levy payment under subsection (9) applicable to a…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Thank you for that clarification—I am sorry for mixing myself up. Let us get down to the issue of parachute payments, which almost everyone spoke about on Second Reading, and…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister refers to what the Bill will do in regard to future sale, but the new clause does not deal with future sale; it deals with something that has already happened. The…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)This is a fairly simple clarifying amendment. As we have heard, smaller clubs feel that regulation must be proportionate and that there should be more requirements on very wealthy…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)I am speaking in the right place this time. I was pre-emptive in my comments before the break, but that has given the Minister an opportunity to go away and look at the wording…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 55, page 45, line 1, leave out paragraph (b). This amendment allows the regulator to consider the effect of “parachute” payments when…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Could I ask for a bit of advice, Ms Nokes? I have a selection list that says that new clause 4, which I also tabled, should be debated with amendment 27, but another selection…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)That is the IFR’s responsibility, but nowhere in the Bill does it say that fans have to be consulted. Neither the IFR nor the club has to consult on the matter, does it?21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)Is the Minister saying that if there is a requirement by FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League or any other league for clubs to play their home matches away in another country, the clubs…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister is nodding on that point. On that basis, I will not push the new clause, because the Minister’s explanation, and the evidence we have heard, reassures me that clubs…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Sharma. I thank the Minister for his positive comments on new clause 8, which are very much in line with what it…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)Absolutely. I just made the point about the enormous difference in budgets that Championship clubs now experience because of that. Of course, when we look at this season of the…21 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)The point I was going to go on to make was that I am not suggesting that parachute payments should never be allowed under any income redistribution. That is not the case. My…21 May 2024