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HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesThank you, Ms Jardine—excellently chaired, as always. I would like to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) for securing this…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesSadly, it does. Parts of the Swimming Alliance are looking very closely at the open swimming element because of the tragic examples where people lose their lives. We have to be…04 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will pick up on a couple of my previous comments that have not been answered by the Minister, as we will shortly conclude debate of this clause. Why have the Government decided…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Indeed. We could keep going. That proves the value of the cup competitions. Many more clubs should take our traditional cup competitions more seriously.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman is making a passionate speech about the heritage elements of cup competitions, and a genuinely important point about fixture scheduling and how the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I absolutely understand the hon. Member’s argument, and as I said earlier I have full respect for the work he has done as chair of the football all-party parliamentary group.…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will make my comments brief, because the hon. Member has made a number of excellent points that need to be addressed by the Minister rather than by me. The objectives under…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)To be clear, I was not taking a particular side. I was just explaining that funding is already available. I understand the hon. Member’s point about whether the funding is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for moving amendment 1 so that we can have an initial conversation about this very emotive and important issue facing ex-players, and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)As I referenced in the question, I was deliberately trying to be specific because we have not really got into what part 4 of the schedule says. The Minister has just made a point…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Unfortunately, based on the earlier deliberations, I do have something to say. I will try to be succinct and not rehash the debates we have had already, although I am happy to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That is an excellent point. I believe that the people who want to sit on these expert panels and help with the future of football—I assume that is what they will be contributing…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend gives an example that I admit I had not thought of. That is a well-made point about transparency and how that works in the City, and about the important role of the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne just missed the Minister, but if he is minded to intervene on me, I am happy to accept an intervention.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 121, in schedule 2, page 94, line 34, at end insert— “31A (1) The Expert Panel must publish any decision that it makes relating to any of its functions…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)As the Minister set out, Government amendments 61 and 63 are consequential on the insertion of new clause 3, so I will limit my comments on this part, because I agree with her…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)To use the Minister’s comment, I think that the hon. Member is wilfully misunderstanding. I have made it absolutely crystal clear that the political argument—what we believe and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s comments, although I think they were more confusing than they were an answer to the questions. We have tried to be clear, and I do not mean this…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Again, there is this deliberate conflation regarding what I am asking. The Government are arguing that this regulator is light-touch and different from those other regulators, and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank the Minister for her comments, and I am listening carefully. On the point about markets, we are not talking about the market dictating the level, but Members of…03 Jun 2025