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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I will not dwell on this point too much, but the implications of this amendment and the ones that we were just discussing are not hypothetical; we have seen real-life examples of…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I am intrigued by the hon. Gentleman’s amendments. Similar sympathies apply to the situation at Reading, which is also still the case at Charlton’s Sparrows Lane training ground,…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Clause 47, as the Minister has just outlined, creates a new legal duty on clubs not to enter administration without the prior approval of the regulator. This is an unprecedented…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for those remarks. I suspect that a letter of clarity would be helpful for all Members. There is a risk that FIFA, or UEFA, as we have seen with the Nations…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I have woken everyone up there. Clause 37 is an important safeguard, but without amendment 110, it lacks a clear and necessary line in the sand. Parliament has already determined…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Clause 49 introduces a duty on regulated clubs to safeguard key aspects of what the Bill defines as club heritage. This specifically relates to changes in a club’s name, its badge…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I am sure that the Minister will have heard that contribution from my hon. Friend and will be able to pick up on that in her comments. He is right to identify that such a…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I hope that everyone is appropriately refreshed after the lunch break. I will not seek to go to VAR to rehash any of the debates we had before lunch, but we have great sympathy…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 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s contribution, and that is the point that we were discussing earlier with the hon. Member for Sheffield South East. We were seeking clarification…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)To add to the point made by the hon. Member for Sheffield South East, if a club—the Minister gave the example of Hull—decided that it wanted to go ahead and change its name to…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 133, in clause 53, page 42, line 3, at end insert— “(1A) But the IFR may not require a club with fewer than 10 full time equivalent employees to pay the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)That is a fair challenge. To be clear, we are not talking about five-a-side teams. To give a straight answer, we are talking about backroom staff affected by the administration.…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I have a few questions. How will the regulator assess whether a club has sufficiently fulfilled its duty to keep fans informed? Could the requirement to disclose information…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I know that certain players have sought to do that through advertising and other financial arrangements. We are talking about clubs at…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)To be completely up front, I do not have that answer in front of me, but I will find out—the team has drafted this amendment. Without this amendment, clubs in both the Premier…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 still unclear on that point, but I am happy to have the answer in writing. Who will pick up the bill when the levy cannot be charged to clubs, and what will that bill look…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I listened very carefully to the Minister’s explanation of these amendments, which have been introduced at a fairly late stage. I hope she can provide some clarity on a number of…12 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister’s arguments, and she has made some helpful clarifications. However, due to the lack of a cap, as my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne…12 Jun 2025