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HANSARDCovid-19 Plan B: Tourism IndustryOf course the scheme is really important. We do want to make sure that it works as intended, but it is part of an overall support package for the arts sector, which includes the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Plan B: Tourism IndustryI thank my constituency neighbour again for raising these important points. We have ongoing dialogue with the Chancellor and the Treasury. The new grants the Chancellor announced…06 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. We have to open up school facilities for more sporting activities. I have already had several conversations with DFE Ministers about…06 Jan 2022HANSARDConcussion in Sport: Government ResponseI wish to inform the House that the Government have today published their response to the report by the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee into…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Mavisbank HouseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I thank the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson) for securing this debate on the important topic of Mavisbank…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Dormant Assets Bill [Lords]I thank all hon. and right hon. Members for their valuable contributions in the debate today, many giving examples of the huge impact that dormant assets funding has had in their…06 Dec 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI absolutely appreciate the sense of urgency, because one basis of the report was to ensure that some of the crises that we have seen in the sport do not happen again, so there is…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI recognise that the report is rather hefty at 160 pages, so perhaps not everybody has yet read every single element of it, but the summary reports are broadly accurate. I would…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments; he is absolutely right. There are, understandably, recommendations in the report on the owners and directors test, which is also…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceThe hon. Gentleman makes some important points. We always need to ensure that the balance is right. The principle is that we want football to be even more successful and…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceAbsolutely—I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I again offer sincere thanks to her, not only on my behalf but on behalf of the whole Government, for the work she has done…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI am grateful to the hon. Lady and for the cross-party approach to the issue of football governance taken by the Opposition Front-Bench team and, indeed, the whole House. I hope…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceFirst, may I take this opportunity to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), the advisory panel of experts and the thousands of football fans…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceMy hon. Friend makes some important points. Without pre-empting our conclusions to the report’s recommendations, everybody is aware that the current owners and directors test has…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend about the pivotal role that clubs such as his play in their communities, as we have seen particularly in the last two years. It is vital…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceAgain, I thank the hon. Gentleman. We have had many discussions about football and I know of his interest. In fact, most people in the House today have shown great passion and…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI thank my hon. Friend as well for his commitment, interest and insight into football and, indeed, into sport in general over many years and I appreciate what he is saying. Yes, I…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceI agree completely. It is really important that all clubs take their responsibility to their fans incredibly seriously. Unfortunately, as we saw with the European super league…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceThe hon. Gentleman is right that the future regulatory environment needs to look at a whole host of things. We will therefore consider the powers, responsibilities and resources…25 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceThe hon. Lady will be aware that one of the recommendations made by my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford is a pilot programme, rather than a full, wholesale removal…25 Nov 2021