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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Thank you, Sir Jeremy. I appreciate your work and that of the Clerks to get some further information on the point. Just so that all Members are aware of the part of “Erskine May”…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I believe the hon. Member has slightly misunderstood the point I was making; it is about what happens if a Minister of the Crown refers to a private letter of correspondence with…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I recognise what the Minister is saying, and I understand the comparison she is making, but my understanding is that, if a Minister refers to a letter between the Government of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He is a very well-respected Member of this House and of the football APPG. Obviously I was not a Minister in the previous Government,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I will not get into what the public are more interested in or not, as that is dangerous ground for a shadow Minister for Culture,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)There we go! He might wish that the hon. Member for Cheltenham had moved his amendment. This is quite painful, because my local club, Welling United, were relegated this season.…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Dartford, one of my new neighbours. He has not mentioned Dartford football club—I am sure they will be unhappy about that.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I understand the hon. Member’s point. I welcome his first comments on the Bill today, and I am sure we will hear more from him as it develops over the month. My point is that the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution, because that is exactly the point I am trying to make. Now or in the future, we do not want the appointment of whoever is appointed…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Again, I think we are broadening what I am talking about to a slightly different point— [ Interruption. ] Hold on! The hon. Lady’s point is whether Select Committees have the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Ofqual. I will stick to football. I will reiterate what we are trying to do with the amendment: any political interests and political donations made by the prospective chair of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am not trying to have it both ways. I am talking about football and the Bill in front of this Committee. I have answered questions openly and willingly, where others might have…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am not clear why the hon. Member disagrees with the point that I am making about transparency of political donations.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman was chuntering, but I did not hear what he said so I cannot comment on it. The amendments tabled in my name are important to ensure that there is transparency,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I welcome that comment, but the FA has a quite different role than the leagues themselves, which are currently responsible for various regulatory aspects of English…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister’s comments, but in the feedback we are receiving there seems to be inconsistency not only about what leagues should be under the powers…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am asking for your opinion.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I might have jumped the gun, particularly given what the Liberal Democrat spokesman said, but I want to understand the Government’s thinking about that exact classification and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Will the Minister give way?03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister’s comments about why she believes we should not specify the leagues, but what is unclear in her language is whether she believes that the…03 Jun 2025