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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 61, page 50, line 40, leave out “require any final proposal to be accompanied by supporting evidence” and insert “require any final proposal…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 ] (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 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)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 ] (Eighth sitting)As the Minister said, we will come on to debate these issues later, but again, I just want to place it on the record that she has been really listening to concerns that have been…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)This amendment would drive a coach and horses through the whole part of the Bill that deals with the proper distribution of football revenues. The shadow Minister is saying that…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 94, in clause 43, page 34, line 38, at end insert— “(e) following the revocation by the IFR of the club’s operating licence under clause 19 or under…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I accept the Minister’s explanation, and I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)At this stage, my amendments cover the facilities that are within the scope of the regulator, so I do not think they apply to any properties that are outside the scope of the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I do not believe that is the case. I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern, but I think what we are saying here is that this gives the regulator the power to look at that…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Does that mean that if the regulator felt that an owner was proposing to divest themselves or the club of a training ground that could influence the club’s financial…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I hope the Minister can take this seriously; it is a worry that the Bill does not quite go far enough at present. The reality is that this legislation tries to deal with bad…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 83, in clause 46, page 39, line 2, at end insert— “(ii) in the case of the home ground and training ground, it is satisfied that there are suitable plans…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Sometimes the Minister has partially satisfied me with her responses; this time she has wholly satisfied me. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave,…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 53, page 43, line 35, after “club” insert “and in particular that the starting point for calculation of the levy payment applicable to a…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I want to raise one small point with the Minister. Some time ago, when we debated clause 6, I raised the ability of the regulator to take a view about the impact of new…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The Minister is doing quite well today: she has satisfied me once again. I am reassured that the regulator does have the power that I sought to put in the Bill, so I beg to ask…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)And it would include these.12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The Minister has taken a very sensible approach. I accept that accepting an amendment here and now, out of the blue, is not how Government operate; but there is a lack of…12 Jun 2025