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HANSARDVoluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Covid-19 EmergencyThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has today published a report evaluating the impact and delivery of the £750 million of Government funding to support…28 Apr 2022HANSARD UK City of Culture 2025: County Durham’s BidIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford, although it is very rare for us to be in the same room without talking football—though I suppose that I just have. I…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Women’s Elite Sport: Prize MoneyIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) for securing time for this important…26 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI wish to inform the House that the Government have today published their response to the recommendations made by the Independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance. The…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceThis is a common appeal we have heard today. Financial distribution in football is not as it should be at the moment. We are appealing to the Premier League to do more. If it does…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceThe view of fans is pivotal. It has been so far, and it will continue to be as we develop the proposals. We will find ways to make sure that fans continue to be engaged in the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceIt was a pleasure to visit my hon. Friend’s constituency and the club. He is making an important point, and as I have said repeatedly, financial distribution is something we are…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceThe hon. Lady will be aware that I fought Luton South in the 2010 election, and Luton South fought back, as they say. I still have a great passion for Luton, which has gone up and…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceIt would not be a debate in Parliament about football without mentioning Accrington Stanley, so I am glad that that bingo item has been ticked off. My hon. Friend is right. As I…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceBoth the Secretary of State and I have said previously that the intention is to bring this in before the end of this Parliament. As I say, we are working at speed on it. The hon.…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI thank my hon. Friend for that. In fact, I think I was PPS-ing that very debate, so I remember it well. He is absolutely right. As I have said many times at the Dispatch Box…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI can assure the hon. Lady that women in sport is one of my top priorities. When I became Sports Minister, one of the first things I did was to set up a women in sport working…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI very much enjoyed visiting both my hon. Friend’s constituency and the club. He is absolutely right. As was highlighted in the report, we need to ensure that the owners and…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI have had many conversations with my hon. Friend about the situation at Derby County and I know how passionate she and several other colleagues are about the situation there. We…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI thank the hon. Lady. She is right that ensuring a proper review of women’s football is of pivotal importance, and I know that has the support of the whole House. We will…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceAs I have said, financial regulation, looking in detail at the finances and sustainability of clubs and at how they are spending their money, will be at the heart of the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceThe hon. Lady raises many points. I also had the pleasure of meeting the Afghan team the other day, and I am glad to hear her highlight the importance of clubs in our communities.…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI agree with my hon. Friend, and we have sent that message. I am not sure I agree that there are no football pundits in this House, however; I think there are quite a few sitting…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceThe points raised by my hon. Friend are exactly why we are doing the right thing by providing further details in the White Paper, so that we can see exactly what the regulator’s…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI have a great deal of sympathy for Oldham fans. The hon. Lady makes some important points. Many of the proposals we have outlined should help to ensure that that kind of…25 Apr 2022