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HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]I do not whether the shadow Minister can get some help from his right hon. Friend the Member for Daventry, who is sitting next to him on the Front Bench. I wonder whether, when…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Would the shadow Minister like to join me in thanking the shadow Secretary of State, his right hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Stuart Andrew), for first introducing…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]As I tried to set out, my intention was simply to draw attention to whether the regulator has the power—it does not necessarily have to use it—to intervene if the domestic…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will turn in a second to what the EFL can do now. For all that the Minister has been helpful in explaining what the regulator’s powers…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—not for the time limit but for calling me. The Bill is crucial because football has failed to regulate itself. It is key to ensuring the…08 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanLet me say to the Secretary of State: well done. This is a really ambitious and excellent programme. On the subject of cancer care, in the past few years we have both had good…03 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe changes to PIP, as far as they go, are very welcome, as is the review to be conducted by the Minister for Social Security and Disability, which will be co-produced with…01 Jul 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)We are off to a good start this morning. I am 100% convinced that the Bill already does what I was seeking it to do. I hope we are 100% convinced on the other issues that we…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I want to speak to amendment 141, which has been tabled in my name. To some extent, amendments 4 and 5 have been superseded, and I accept what the Minister said earlier about the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)In the end, the Minister will advise us what the approach is likely to be. I hope she will at least keep a slightly open mind so that if she does not make a decision now, she…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 93, in clause 59, page 49, line 1, after “(c)” insert “has exercised any of the IFR’s other functions under this Act in order to resolve the question or…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)On the issue of parachute payments, as the Minister will recall we had this debate in the equivalent Committee in the last Parliament. It is absolutely fundamental. Let us go back…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am disappointed by the Minister’s response. She has generally been very helpful in trying to acknowledge concerns when they have been raised, and in agreeing to have a look at…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)We cannot set something in stone and say, “That’s how it’s going to be forever.” Giving that bit of flexibility is right. I was talking to my friend Richard Caborn, who was a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am pleased to see that the Minister actually read my amendment and formulated her new clauses accordingly. What she says is reassuring. As she just said, there is no point in…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)This is the point that we got to before. If the leagues cannot resolve it—and they have not been able to over many years—is the hon. Gentleman just content to let the status quo…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 92, page 75, line 17, after “functions” insert “or give rise to the perception that said person’s functions have been prejudicially affected,…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)This is a difficult issue. None of us wants fan behaviour to get worse, given that it has largely stabilised at most grounds. Such behaviour happens not just before the game but…17 Jun 2025