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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to touch on the senior managers regime that the Bill effectively tries to create. You will know the importance of that from your professional background, particularly in…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to dovetail back to the point about effective consultation. The Bill touches on it, but it varies. We had the example about ticket prices and people basically being told,…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Third sitting)Q I assume that this could be done through leveraging best practice as well. You have just given the example of the Albion and how you guys are doing it—the relationship there.…16 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to touch more on the point about the proportionality of the Bill. I am looking at the part 5 duties. Do you think that this strikes a balance between regulating clubs…14 May 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillIt is great to be able to contribute to this debate, because although they say the Black Country was built on coal and metal, we were also built on football. I straddle the two…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillMy hon. Friend is almost asking for a replay of the replay—that is sort of where the question is. I get the point that he is trying to make about balance and the fine-line…23 Apr 2024HANSARDFootball Governance BillJust like my hon. Friend’s club, Tipton Town in my constituency got through on FA cup replays and benefited from that opportunity. The fact that so many Members have voiced that…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]I will be brief, because I had not intended to speak, but having followed the debate, particularly in Committee and on Third Reading, I want to thank my hon. Friend—I say that…26 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024On the quality of the responses, the Minister will know, as I do as a west midlands MP, that one quite concerning thing was the number of copy-and-paste responses that seem to…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I start by commending some of the comments and the tone of the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton. He took a…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFamilies across Tipton and Wednesbury are still struggling to get an initial assessment for children with SEND. What work is my right hon. Friend doing to hold organisations such…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilI am very grateful for the opportunity the House has given me to bring forward this debate. All I can say is, here we go again: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council back on the…18 Jan 2024HANSARD Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. She is a doughty champion for the people of Wednesfield, Bushbury and the rest of her constituency. I think she shares the concern that it…18 Jan 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In response to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor’s autumn statement, the right hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), whom I have…27 Nov 2023HANSARDPoints of Orderindicated assent.27 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I do not intend to detain the Committee for long. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown on his powerful contribution to the debate, which has inspired me to make a…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)To be honest, I probably want a comprehensive selective system. There are already structures and expertise that would enable us to have that. The hon. Gentleman and I have…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman has tabled further amendments on the evidential burden, but does he not appreciate my concern that there is perhaps a little bit of a…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)To clarify my point, I am aware that the amendment is not about an appeals process. However, as the hon. Gentleman will know, an application for appeal can be made against any…21 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI congratulate my right hon. Friend on the work he has done on this issue. I have seen at first hand how hard he has worked over the last 12 months to make sure we make progress.…24 Oct 2023