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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I have sympathy with what the amendment is trying to achieve, but can the shadow Minister reflect on what it could do to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Supporters’ trusts and football fan bodies across the country support the establishment of a regulator, because they can see what the greater good is. Does the hon. Gentleman not…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 139, in clause 10, page 7, line 22, at end insert— “(iia) supporters trusts, fan groups and individual fans;”. This amendment adds fans and fan…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for her response, and I thank the hon. Member for Sheffield South East for drawing that conclusion from the Minister in his useful remarks. I beg to…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)The shadow Minister may be coming to this point. His amendment states, “No football governance statement may have effect unless approved by resolution of both Houses of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I seek further clarification from the Minister. Subsection (1)(c) of both new clauses refers to “unregulated clubs who are reasonably likely to become regulated clubs in the next…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)The shadow Minister outlined a number of deadlines that come up, but another of the deadlines in football is transfer windows. The ability to be granted a provisional licence…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. By what measure will it be possible to work out that the cost of the Independent Football Regulator has a direct…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I seek clarity. The shadow Minister said that the chief executive would not be able to negotiate their own pay, but if they were already at the limit and they were appointed on a…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Seb Coe is a successful leader of sports bodies in this country and of our 2012 Olympics. He is a former Conservative MP and peer. I saw him act with integrity and did not…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. Amendment 116 also says that the chairman must not campaign “on behalf of a candidate”, which also applies at a local…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I rise in support of new clause 1, which starts by saying: “The IFR must establish and supervise a scheme aimed at providing…support to any person who has developed a…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I sold my shares in Manchester United to the phoenix fund, which exists to buy the club if it ever comes back on the market.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have a football at home signed by Sir Geoff Hurst, so I know exactly how heavy those old balls were, particularly when they got wet. We have seen coaching improvements so that…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Proposed new sub-paragraph (3A) says: “Notwithstanding the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer”, and it does not say whether any other members of staff could be paid the…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateFrom the Father of the House to the 2024 intake, we are hearing across the Chamber—from Labour, Conservative, Green, Plaid and Scottish National colleagues—a consensus about what…06 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateSorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. We plead with the Minister and the Government to take action on behalf of all of us as hon. Members in this House, and to do the right thing and show…06 May 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitIn his statement, the Minister said that there could be no role for Hamas in the future of Gaza. I support that, but there can be no future for Gaza unless the killing and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I draw Members’ attention to my membership of the football APPG and the women’s football APPG, which both exist to safeguard and improve the game that we love. I have also…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]A Tottenham fan would be able to sell the dust. Although football clubs are owned by wealthy individuals or investment groups, they belong to their communities. Financial fair…28 Apr 2025