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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The Lib Dem spokesman makes an interesting comparison. As I said in the Committee’s debate on Tuesday, my focus is on football, and I am outlining with this amendment my concerns…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)That fans would be happy to accept higher prices is a brave argument to make, and it is not one that we are willing to accept. More broadly, we believe that Parliament must be…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I appreciate that I was asking about a hypothetical situation, but it is an important hypothetical. We are talking about a structure going forward in which clubs will be required…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. That is exactly what we are trying to do. This is not a wrecking amendment; we are just trying to tighten the Bill to ensure that no…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but that is not the point I was making. I am talking about quotas, which is a slightly different thing. We do not think that the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)That was a rather long intervention, but I suspect it was probably needed. I appreciate the clarity from the Minister on that point, but in terms of the time limit, we are…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for making that point. That is not my understanding of how the Bill works, but the Minister may want to clarify that.05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I do not plan to speak again at length. I appreciate the Minister’s comments, but we are concerned that without a set timetable on the regulator’s granting of a provisional…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)No, I do not, and I think the hon. Member slightly misunderstands what the measure is about. It is about the provisional licence, not the full-fat licence. I am not asking the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)The Minister has outlined clauses 17 and 18 at some length. We had a lengthy debate on clause 17 in relation to our amendment 101. We are naturally disappointed that the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 101, in clause 17, page 11, line 27, leave out subsection (9) and insert— “(9) The IFR must make the decision whether to grant a regulated club a…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)We are concerned about unchecked powers, as we have explained at some length, and believe that the House should be able to check those powers. We are concerned about the lack of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I appreciate the points that the Minister is making. Another point that I made—this is not political—was about the standardisation of requests, which would allow clubs to prepare…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)Sorry—Government Benches. Members of this Bill Committee have been appointed to it to scrutinise the Bill based on the situation now. The argument that seems to be coming from the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I do not want to go on about this too long, but the argument that seems to be coming from the Opposition Benches is—05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)The Minister is trying to suggest that everything is the same, but the Secretary of State has literally nominated a Labour donor who donated to her and the Prime Minister to chair…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I am sure the Government Whip appreciates my comments more than that. The Government’s Bill, alongside the unprecedented and seemingly unlimited powers that it grants to their…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)Clause 16 is about the application for provisional licences, and this debate builds on the previous debate about costs. The way in which clause 16 is currently drafted is a…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 99, in clause 16, page 10, line 10, leave out subsection (c). This amendment prevents the IFR from requiring information from clubs in the other than the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)That was a strange intervention. New clause 2 and new clause 6 would require the independent football regulator to provide assistance to regulated clubs seeking to obtain a…05 Jun 2025