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HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Marking its 150th anniversary in 2021, the Royal Albert Hall continues not only to host world-class performances but, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John…14 Jul 2025HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I welcome these orders, and I hope it will please the Committee to hear that I do not intend to detain us I do,…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Go on, then—sing.14 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with the tributes to Diogo Jota. I understand that his brother was also killed in the accident, and my heart goes out to their family. Since the Secretary of…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for that answer. I have to say that I am as disappointed as she is that the BBC has not been able to come back with even basic facts. There were…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI thank the Secretary of State for her statement, for advance sight of it and for her tone. I have always been a strong advocate for the BBC, which is a cornerstone of British…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Pride MonthYeah—but I am butch like you! [ Laughter. ] As I was saying, most people do not really comment on the fact that I live with a man. They are more interested in the fact that he…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Pride MonthIt is a real pleasure to follow the Minister and to speak in this important debate. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the House, across my Daventry…23 Jun 2025HANSARDLower League Football Clubs: FundingThe nominee for the chair of the football regulator continues to raise serious questions. During the Select Committee hearing, it was revealed that the candidate had donated to…22 May 2025HANSARDLower League Football Clubs: FundingMay I gently point out that the gentleman in question was approached not by me or by any other Minister, but by the permanent secretary who is not a political appointee. I know…22 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film TariffI thank the Minister for his answer. As he rightly says, we learnt over the weekend that the President’s Administration intend to impose a 100% tariff on all films produced…07 May 2025HANSARDUnited States Film Tariff(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister if he will make a statement on the potential implications for the UK film industry of the United States’s proposed 100% tariff on…07 May 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I have just been explaining why: it is because this Government have made an independent regulator a party political regulator. I am ashamed that they have done this. I ask the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman has just highlighted the fact that Labour Members went mad about that, but now they are doing so because this is one of theirs. Media outlets are now reporting…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]Surely the hon. Gentleman understands that across all sports, political interference is frowned on, and has consequences for teams across the nation. Surely he agrees that the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes really important points. This appointment is really important to the future of the regulator. What have the Labour Government done? They have announced the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]indicated dissent .28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Football Governance Bill [Lords],…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I wholeheartedly agree with my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right. This is not— [ Interruption. ] From a sedentary position, Labour Members are saying, “You shortlisted…28 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I will absolutely come on to that point. When the regulator is being set up and you look for people, you cast the net wide. Of course you do. You want to know who is interested…28 Apr 2025