Contributions
1,554 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesI would be very happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman. I was going to say that I would write to him after the spending review, but he has very keenly got me to agree to a…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) on securing this important debate. The Government…04 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)This clause formally establishes the regulator as an independent corporate body and refers to schedule 2, which contains further details on the structure, set-up and governance of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Clause 6 sets out the regulator’s objectives, which are its primary aims and also the limits of its statutory remit. As clause 7 sets out, the regulator may act only if the action…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to once again, and possibly finally for today, serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy—but we will see. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments and for welcoming my comments. I will take that away, but I hope to have provided him with some clarity. Question put and…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman gets ahead of himself; he is somewhat excited this afternoon. That was my second point—I have numbered my points one and two, and I have a third to make. He…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 3 is about the owners of football clubs, who play a pivotal role in the sport. Without their efforts and investment, English football would not be the success it is today.…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup, who makes some valid points. We will talk about owners and directors when we come to part 4. Competition and conflict…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his comments, but I simply do not recognise their premise in terms of the definition of sustainability being vague. In the Bill’s previous…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. To take the final one first, taxpayers will not be bailing out failing clubs. This is not going to save every single club; to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. It is disappointing to see the return of amendments 132 and 74 after the extensive debate in the other place, where…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)For clarity, my interests are declared in the ministerial register.03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I begin by welcoming the Committee; it is a real pleasure to be here. It is just over a year since I was sitting on…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for his questions. On the broad question of why we are making the change, to be quite blunt, it would be easier not to. We have a big majority…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am absolutely happy to do that. It is obviously up to the Select Committees, and they can scrutinise if they want to—it will be up to individual Select Committees to decide. The…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The clause sets out the Bill’s purpose, which is to promote and protect the sustainability of English football, as well as summarising what each of its parts provides for. It…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will address some points on amendment 121 and then respond to the hon. Gentleman’s questions. The Government recognise it is vital that the regulator is transparent and able to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. Government amendments 61 to 63 are technical amendments to schedule 2 that support our proposed changes to the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)No, I will make some progress and then take another intervention in a moment. On the point about consultation and it being appropriate for parliamentary scrutiny—this comes to the…03 Jun 2025