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HANSARDDraft Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. Today’s statutory instrument prescribes the top five flights of the men’s English football pyramid as “specified…28 Oct 2025HANSARDCancer DiagnosesThe Government claim that they wish to reduce NHS waiting times, but I have written confirmation from the Government that they have slashed funding for community diagnostic…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyThe Secretary of State has claimed today that she is expanding opportunities, while raising tuition fees and cutting international baccalaureate funding for sixth forms in Bexley…20 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesI thank the Secretary of State for her answer; hopefully she can pick up the point about fairness and safety in women’s sport in her next answer, because that was also part of the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesThis has been an incredible year for women’s sport, with both the Lionesses and the Red Roses inspiring a generation with their fantastic performances and historic successes on…16 Oct 2025HANSARD London Fashion Week: Cultural ContributionAs always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kettering (Rosie Wrighting) on securing this important debate and all…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Free-to-air Broadcasting: Cricket ParticipationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship as always, Ms McVey—fantastic umpiring, and hopefully no need for DRS. I start with a declaration of interest: over the summer I,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesResidents in Bromley, like those in Bexley, have been hit by the Mayor of London’s 77% increase in his share of council tax since he took office, alongside various driving taxes.…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesAs the hon. Member represents Birmingham Northfield, does he believe that residents in Birmingham deserve to get their bins collected in return for their council tax payments?03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumThe Home Secretary has today described the people smugglers as criminals and the boat crossings as illegal. Does she therefore agree that the 29,000 individuals who have entered…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMusic Streaming: Label-led PrinciplesA love of music is something we all share. All of us have favourite songs that make up the soundtrack to the most meaningful moments in our lives—moments of joy and sorrow. They…22 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am not sure what financial qualifications the Chief Secretary has, if any, but last week’s reports suggested that, privately, Ministers are briefing their Back Benchers that…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Let me explain, for the benefit of Members who were not in the room at the start of the debate, that the discussion was about the fact that the gentleman in question said in the…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Will she give way?08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Anyone who has read the fan-led review will know that it ultimately suggests that football should be given back to the FA and the leagues themselves. Our position is to accelerate…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]Here we are: the final opportunity for the Government and this House to trigger a VAR review before English football fans and the beautiful game are left in tears. We cannot…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]With leave of the House, it is my pleasure to sum up this Report stage. We have heard today that there is common ground on many of the issues facing football, but as I highlighted…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]I understand the point that the hon. Gentleman is trying to make. He suggests that there would not be a cost impact on the broadcasting rights, but the Liberal Democrat amendment…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]The Secretary of State has, either deliberately or not deliberately, just misled the House. The gentleman in question— [Interruption.] Let me explain. The gentleman in question…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Football Governance Bill [Lords]If the regulator is overreaching and strangling clubs with unnecessary red tape, as we believe it will under this Government, we will act decisively on behalf of fans to promote…08 Jul 2025