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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q I have to come back to this question about being custodians of heritage, because there is something really important here. Mr Parish said that money is pouring in from Europe.…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Q The difference between the three leagues is quite striking, in terms of the levels of investment, the scale and the nature of the operations that individual clubs run, and the…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Mr Parry? Rick Parry: I would like to broaden the conversation and touch on the regulator’s systemic responsibilities, which we think are really important. The purpose of the EFL,…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Q Dr Philippou, you describe a industry that is reliant on patronage. If I could remind you, Mr Maguire, you said that a collective inability to control costs characterises the…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q You are telling me what is already there, which I understand. Could it cope with the massive uplift that would come from money coming through in the way that you wish? Robert…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)I am chair of the all-party parliamentary football club group, and we too receive sponsorship.14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q I chair the parliamentary football club and have often said that I am a terrible fan. I have never held a season ticket in my life, but I have played grassroots football, badly,…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Thank you. Mr Ives? Mark Ives: It is an interesting question. As you say, the differences between the three competitions are striking. If I understood you correctly, the question…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Q I am curious, then, because the Bill itself is a regulatory Bill. It talks about a licence to operate owners and directors tests, but in some of your replies, you have suggested…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q You just said that clubs fail because of lack of money. That is not the case, is it?14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q I am an MP from north Wales. The Football Association of Wales told me that girls drop out of football at teen age. That is the big cliff edge, and it is principally to do with…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (First sitting)Q It has been wonderful to hear the fans’ voice in what you have said and contributed previously to this whole process in bringing us to where we are. In the previous sessions, it…14 May 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingFirst, I give my thanks to the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for introducing the debate on behalf of those who signed the petition. It is really important that we…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank my right hon. Friend for that. It stands as it is, and I refer every interested reader to the context of the quote.29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank my right hon. Friend for her intervention. I will conclude with this: we must never get to a point where assisted dying is seen as a prescription. We must never get to a…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI will give way to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) and then to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingThat speaks to my concern about normalisation. If we introduce legislation that says, “It is acceptable to end life for a wider range of conditions”—the evidence before us in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI note from the Health and Social Care Committee’s “Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide” report that: “Wherever the boundaries are set, evidence from other jurisdictions shows that…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI thank the hon. Member for putting that on the record.29 Apr 2024HANSARDDefence SpendingI add my own tribute to the late Lord Field. He took the time to talk to me when I was a Conservative councillor about a concern we shared for the weakest and most vulnerable in…24 Apr 2024