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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)The provisions in this group all relate to infringement and the enforcement of infringements. Schedule 7 sets out the detailed definition of what constitutes a relevant…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)Clause 91 provides the procedural backbone to the regulatory powers contained in the Bill. It sets out how the Secretary of State—whoever that may be, should this Bill become…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Clause 62 is, in many ways, the most far-reaching and contentious provision in the Bill. It establishes the legal framework by which the Government’s regulator, having assessed…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under you again, Sir Jeremy, and I welcome back everyone else in Committee. The clause sets out further details on the circumstances in which the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)As I was explaining, our preference would be for the leagues to use their autonomy to reach a conclusion. I understand the hon. Gentleman’s frustration, but I will move on.…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Given the previous debate, the Minister will be pleased that I am willing to withdraw amendment 125, so she gets a win out of that one. I listened carefully to her comments on…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but we do not believe that it necessarily applies to what the amendment seeks to do: to allow the leagues to resolve such issues…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I have only a brief question for the Minister in the light of her comments: how frequently does she envisage distribution orders being reviewed by the regulator, and is there a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 126, in clause 62, page 52, line 6, leave out subsection (3)— (Mr French.)…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point; I will move on slightly while he seeks his tie and then come back to his question. We believe that such mechanisms should fall outside the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)As the Minister outlined, the clause gives the regulator the power to appoint an expert to prepare a report on a club. I have three questions for her. First, who will select the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Sir Jeremy, you and the Committee will be pleased to know that I will not seek to repeat word for word everything that the Minister has said on each of the clauses, but I will…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)The clause requires the regulator to periodically review distribution orders and monitor compliance. It also gives the regulator power to determine who should bear the costs of…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Clause 65 allows the regulator to require persons, including clubs and their officers, to provide information that may be needed for the exercise of the regulator’s functions. I…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I understand my hon. Friend’s concerns, and I note that the Football Association sent a letter to Bill Committee members over the weekend, highlighting its concern about scope…17 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 57, page 47, line 35, leave out subsection (6) and insert— “(6) Condition 4 is met in relation to a qualifying football season if— (a) a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDDraft Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. For full transparency, I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Conservative…16 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I will not put the hon. Member for Sheffield South East at risk with his own side by talking too fondly about the comments he just made—I will not make it sound like we are trying…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I will not rehash the Minister’s description of the clause, but it raises a number of questions about the interpretation of the clause and the requirements on clubs. What guidance…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I am not sure how to answer that. How Members decide to use their time is a decision for them, but the hon. Gentleman has made the point well. Without wishing to put off…12 Jun 2025