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HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am absolutely shocked that the hon. Gentleman is not an avid follower of the Tonbridge Angels.23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillIt is a huge honour to be here under your chairship, Madam Deputy Speaker, and a huge pleasure to speak about a Bill on what I must admit is not what I would have immediately…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillHang on—that is a bit harsh. The Bill raises very important security considerations, so it has been an enormous pleasure to read about the Bill and the impressive work done by the…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillDiscretion is important at such moments. As my hon. Friend will be aware, Tonbridge Angels have recently bought a few new players. It is far too early for me to start picking the…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillFunnily enough, I agree that it is something I have witnessed; I have always struggled to join the conversation. I recently found myself in New York at the funeral of Henry…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillOne-nil. I believe Hughie Ferguson was the goal scorer—there you go; it’s amazing what you can get help with if you ask the right questions, isn’t it? That game was on St George’s…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point; I will certainly look into it. I will ensure that we have a proper scrub of other sporting events that might qualify. The…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI would be delighted to take up my hon. Friend’s invitation. I have never seen football played in Bradford—23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI will ignore the contribution from the hon. Member for Cardiff West, who is very disparaging about Bradford City. I am sure Bradford City would offer a fantastic afternoon and I…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillThank you very much. It would be concerning—this is why the Bill is so important—if football were closed off to families because people felt threatened and wished to keep their…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillExactly—my hon. Friend correctly points out that they used to be. I suspect that that is one of the reasons we were not encouraged to attend when I was a child, despite my uncle’s…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I thank hon. and right hon. Members from across the House for their contributions not just today, but throughout the many different stages of the Bill. I pay huge tribute to the…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I think we may be conflating different aspects of the Bill. I do believe that this already has oversight. Let me answer the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend answers his own question. The reason for the difference is the currency element.19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]My right hon. and learned Friend is right, but he also knows that IPCO has retrospective oversight of these areas. Where it comes under a category allocation through “low or no”,…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]As my right hon. Friend will know, several powers in the earlier Bill—the one that he took through the House—were indeed overseen in various different ways. The Bill does not seek…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I will be very happy to talk to my right hon. Friend about that to make sure that he is satisfied. It is important that we make sure that the reports that go to the House—through…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I was not in the Government then.19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]That is simply incorrect, and I know that the hon. Gentleman would not wish to continue down a road that he knows to be incorrect. Let me just be very clear: this is a…19 Feb 2024