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Wednesday 26th March 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill – third reading Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 17th March 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - report stage (day 2) continued Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 17th March 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - report stage (day 2) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 17th March 2025 Estimated rising time - Main Chamber Subject: The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of report stage of the Football Governance Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill – report stage (day 1) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - report stage (day 1) continued Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 15th January 2025 Estimated rising time - Main Chamber Subject: The House will rise at the conclusion of committee stage of the Football Governance Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 15th January 2025 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 7) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 18th December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 6) continued Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Wednesday 18th December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 6) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Monday 16th December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 5) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Monday 16th December 2024 Estimated rising time - Main Chamber Subject: The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of group beginning amendment 170 of the Football Governance Bill View calendar |
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Monday 9th December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill – committee stage (day 4) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Wednesday 4th December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 3) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Monday 2nd December 2024 Baroness Twycross (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Football Governance Bill - committee stage (day 2) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View calendar |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
10 speeches (2,427 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 26th March 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Arrangement of Business
2 speeches (255 words) Wednesday 26th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) We will consider those after Third Reading of the Football Governance Bill, which should be brief, and - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
125 speeches (28,323 words) Report stage Monday 17th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) equality, diversity and inclusion.The EFL, which represents 72 of the clubs affected by the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
121 speeches (26,110 words) Report stage part one Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) —[Official Report, Commons, Football Governance Bill Committee, 14/5/24; col. 63.]Like every other league - Link to Speech 2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) Even though I am very much a Football Governance Bill sceptic, I know it is going to happen, so I want - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
55 speeches (12,508 words) Report stage part two Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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English Rugby Union: Governance
40 speeches (13,756 words) Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) I noted that he quoted extensively from my speech on the Football Governance Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Reading Football Club
2 speeches (524 words) Monday 10th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Yuan Yang (Lab - Earley and Woodley) (v) Under the Football Governance Bill, an “Independent Football Regulator” (“IFR”) will assume responsibility - Link to Speech |
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English Football: Financial Sustainability and Governance
96 speeches (14,551 words) Thursday 6th March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) I welcome the Football Governance Bill�s intent to address those long-standing issues. - Link to Speech 2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) I want to focus on the governance proposals, particularly in the Football Governance Bill. - Link to Speech 3: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) I welcome the Football Governance Bill and the establishment of an independent football regulator with - Link to Speech 4: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) We heard in the opening speech about the test of the Football Governance Bill being the Reading test, - Link to Speech 5: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) Our Football Governance Bill will put fans back at the heart of the game. - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
150 speeches (29,999 words) Committee stage part one Monday 3rd March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) pertaining to heraldry come up in your Lordships’ House, most recently during Committee on the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Non-league Football Clubs
17 speeches (3,814 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) will respond, and I put on record my thanks for her steadfast commitment to bringing in the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech 2: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) While I welcome this Government and this Minister’s commitment to delivering the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
154 speeches (10,207 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) We are proud to have introduced the Football Governance Bill, which will establish an independent football - Link to Speech 2: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) We have made significant progress on the Football Governance Bill in the other place, which is bringing - Link to Speech 3: Callum Anderson (Lab - Buckingham and Bletchley) Can the Secretary of State explain to the House how the Football Governance Bill will help the ability - Link to Speech 4: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) Friend for his support not just for his local club, but for the Football Governance Bill that this Government - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
2 speeches (92 words) Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Business of the House
114 speeches (12,269 words) Thursday 13th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) The Football Governance Bill will come to this House from the Lords very soon. - Link to Speech 2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) That is why we are bringing forward the Football Governance Bill, among other things, and there are routes - Link to Speech |
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Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
88 speeches (22,432 words) Committee stage Thursday 13th February 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I was present in the Chamber, as I frequently am, during the Football Governance Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
26 speeches (10,064 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Monday 3rd February 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) later, I support the sentiment behind it.In another Bill before your Lordships’ House, the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025
30 speeches (6,542 words) Wednesday 29th January 2025 - General Committees Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) motives of the Minister for Gambling; the point is that she is tied up, as we all know, on the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Live Events Ticketing: Resale and Pricing Practices
15 speeches (4,477 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) Having spent many weeks on opposing sides on some of the aspects of the Football Governance Bill, I am - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
149 speeches (9,841 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) We will take every action necessary to progress the Football Governance Bill through the House of Lords - Link to Speech 2: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) The Football Governance Bill was in our manifesto and those of Opposition parties, and we will not be - Link to Speech |
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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
48 speeches (12,601 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) quoted in the other place by Lord Hannan of Kingsclere on 15 January in the context of the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
157 speeches (37,898 words) Committee stage Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
139 speeches (26,901 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Lords Chamber |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
81 speeches (18,354 words) Committee stage part two Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) a point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, I want to put on the record that this Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
69 speeches (17,115 words) Committee stage part two Monday 16th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) But I am very conscious that the fan-led review, which in a sense led to the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
141 speeches (33,788 words) Committee stage part one Monday 16th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Brady (Con - Life peer) general-secretary of UEFA only last week, he said:“UEFA appreciate the background of the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
146 speeches (56,026 words) 2nd reading: Part 2 Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) smallpipes in the River Room during the last Parliament.I have seen the future, and it is the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) He said he had seen the future in the form of the Football Governance Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
86 speeches (21,893 words) Committee stage Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) I was called away by the excitement of the Football Governance Bill, but I am back to speak to my Amendment - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
98 speeches (23,919 words) Committee stage part two Monday 9th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Football Governance Bill Committee, 16/5/24; col. 129.]Those are the words - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
107 speeches (30,560 words) Committee stage part one Monday 9th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: None amendments are about this: in company law, we expect a degree of governance—this is called the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
65 speeches (6,416 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) In the last Parliament, one such piece of legislation was the Football Governance Bill. - Link to Speech 2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) I am really pleased and proud that this Government have brought back a strengthened Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
70 speeches (14,725 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Lords Chamber |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
128 speeches (27,770 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord McLoughlin (Con - Life peer) leaves us with no definition in primary legislation of what it seeks to address; it is a Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2024
18 speeches (4,437 words) Monday 2nd December 2024 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) My Lords, there is obviously a conspiracy here: the people running the Football Governance Bill have - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
77 speeches (16,877 words) Committee stage part two Monday 2nd December 2024 - Lords Chamber |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
114 speeches (29,461 words) Committee stage part one Monday 2nd December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) start today’s Committee, I point out to the House that this is day two of five days on the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
150 speeches (9,862 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) That is why we are continuing the work of the previous Government by introducing our own Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech 2: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) In the last few weeks, we have launched the national youth strategy; introduced the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Arrangement of Business
2 speeches (77 words) Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Lords Chamber |
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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
87 speeches (22,238 words) Committee stage Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, and the new independent football regulator, in the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
117 speeches (25,129 words) Committee stage Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) introduce their amendments later.I am very pleased to open this first day in Committee on the Football Governance Bill - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 13th February 2025
Written Evidence - London Sport GAM0056 - Game On: Community and school sport Game On: Community and school sport - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Whilst landmark pieces of legislation such as the Football Governance Bill address structural issues |
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Tuesday 4th February 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-02-04 16:15:00+00:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: The Football Governance Bill is going through Parliament at the moment—I do not know when it is scheduled |
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Thursday 12th December 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Baroness Twycross, Minister for Gambling to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee regarding the Football Governance Bill (11 December 2024) Constitution Committee Found: Minister for Gambling to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee regarding the Football Governance Bill |
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Tuesday 10th December 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Just in the first few months alone, for example, we have been able to get the Football Governance Bill |
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Football: Tickets
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree) Tuesday 4th March 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the (a) Premier League and (b) English Football League on the cost of football tickets; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent trends in the cost of football tickets on supporters. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) Football is nothing without its fans and the Government is keen to see as many people as possible benefit from and enjoy the spectacle of live sport. The matter of ticket prices is a commercial decision for individual clubs and leagues to take. However, the Government remains in conversation with stakeholders to ensure that fans are engaged properly. This is also why the Government has introduced legislation to establish an Independent Football Regulator to protect and promote the sustainability of English football in the interests of fans and the local communities football clubs serve. As a result of changes made by this Government, the Football Governance Bill will now explicitly require clubs to consult their supporters on ticket prices making sure their voice is heard on this key issue.
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Leicester City Football Club
Asked by: Peter Bedford (Conservative - Mid Leicestershire) Friday 28th February 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Football Governance Bill on Leicester City Football Club. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Independent Football Regulator will take a light-touch, targeted and proportionate approach. The requirements on individual clubs will reflect their circumstances, meaning they might vary based on factors like league, club size, and a club’s financial health or riskiness. From our significant engagement with clubs and leagues, we expect the impact on most clubs to be modest.
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Football: Equality
Asked by: Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Thursday 13th February 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the powers in the Football Governance Bill for the independent football regulator to require football clubs to set out action they are taking on equality, diversity and inclusion. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Clubs will be required to report on what action they are taking with regard to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as part of the corporate governance code included within the Football Governance Bill. EDI is a key part of good corporate governance. Good EDI on boards and in clubs promotes better governance, decision-making and transparency, all of which links to improved financial sustainability.
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Football: Clubs
Asked by: Peter Bedford (Conservative - Mid Leicestershire) Thursday 13th February 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Football Governance Bill on football clubs in the Premier League. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Premier League is a global success story. It is one of our greatest cultural exports. It attracts more viewers and higher revenues than any of its international rivals. It is a product we want to protect and enhance. The Football Governance Bill will create a clearer and more certain regulatory environment for investors which will drive future investment and growth so that English football remains a global success story. A more sustainable game is a more investable game, and this in turn should drive continued economic growth in the market. The Independent Football Regulator will take a light-touch, targeted and proportionate approach. The requirements on clubs will reflect their circumstances, meaning they might vary based on factors like league, club size, and a club’s financial health or riskiness. This will allow regulation to be light-touch wherever possible - meaning, where clubs are already well run, the Regulator will not look to intervene. The Government’s estimate of the economic impact of introducing a football regulator is set out in our Impact Assessment.
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Football: Regulation
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk) Friday 24th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) UEFA, (b) FIFA and (c) the International Olympic Committee on the publication of correspondence on the proposal to introduce a football regulator. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) This Government, and the previous one, has engaged extensively with a wide range of stakeholders as the policy set out in the Football Governance Bill has developed over the last 3 years. This includes engagement with UEFA and FIFA. These discussions have been constructive, and we continue to speak to the relevant football authorities on a regular basis. The Government does not share private correspondence provided to us by stakeholders including international organisations. |
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Football
Asked by: Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrat - Sutton and Cheam) Wednesday 22nd January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help make lower league football clubs more financially viable. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Government introduced a strengthened Football Governance Bill in October 2024, establishing an independent regulator and a new set of rules to protect clubs, empower fans and keep clubs at the heart of their communities. The Regulator will protect and promote the long term financial sustainability of the game. The legislation is progressing and the Bill concluded its Committee Stage in the other place on 15 January.
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Football Governance Bill (HL)
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer) Tuesday 21st January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with UEFA regarding the Football Governance Bill. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) This Government, and the previous one, has engaged extensively with a wide range of stakeholders as the policy set out in the Football Governance Bill has developed over the last 3 years. This includes engagement with UEFA. These discussions have been constructive, and we continue to speak to the relevant football authorities on a regular basis.
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Football
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Thursday 9th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of A22's new Unify League proposals on English football. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Prime Minister has made it very clear that there will be no Super League-style breakaway from English football. As part of the strengthened Football Governance Bill, the Regulator will be able to prevent English clubs from joining future breakaway competitions by taking into account factors such as sustainability, heritage and fairness. The Regulator will be obliged to gather the views of fans and consult the FA before it prohibits a competition. This approach is the most effective way of stopping unwanted competitions that do not adhere to the principles of how sport operates in this country, are not supported by fans, and that risk undermining the English football pyramid. The Football Governance Bill was introduced on 24 October.
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Football
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 8th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government whether, following Committee Stage of the Football Governance Bill, they intend to continue with plans to provide the Secretary of State with legislative powers to define the beginning and end dates of the season for football competitions. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) This power is required so that in the case of any potential future changes to a football season and how it is calculated, the Secretary of State is able to quickly make corrective amendments to the definition. This power is not about amending the industry’s definition of a season. The current definition of a football season within the Bill is accurate for the current situation. If the current situation were to change, the Secretary of State should have the ability to alter this definition to ensure the regime is still operational.
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Football
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 8th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government what is the meaning is of “exercises a higher degree of influence or control over” club, as set out as part of the proposed Owners’ and Directors’ test in Clause 3(2)(b) of the Football Governance Bill. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) A club’s ultimate owner is defined as the owner who has the highest degree of influence or control over the activities of the club. A club can have more than one ultimate owner if those owners - all have the same degree of influence or control. The definition of “significant influence or control” by owners will be set out in Secretary of State guidance, which will be published in due course.
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Football: Regulation
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 8th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place copies of all correspondence with UEFA, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee regarding the proposal to introduce a Football Regulator in the Library of the House. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) As has been reiterated throughout the Committee stage of the Football Governance Bill, it would not be appropriate to publish private correspondence with any stakeholders in the Library of the House.
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Football: Payments
Asked by: Lord Moynihan (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 8th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask His Majesty's Government which of the Premier League of English Football League Clubs were consulted on the proposal to include parachute payments in the Football Governance Bill and on which dates those meetings took place. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Football Governance Bill is the culmination of almost five years of work. During this time, there has been extensive engagement with key stakeholders by the department (which included regular meetings with the Premier League, where policy such as parachute payments were discussed) and by the Minister for Sport, whilst she was in Opposition. Ahead of the introduction of the Football Governance Bill, DCMS Ministers met with Brentford, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Brighton and Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Everton and parachute payments were discussed. A significant number of meetings also took place with the Premier League executive, who represent their members and have advocated on behalf of clubs. Similar meetings were also held with the EFL and National League executives and clubs. The Secretary of State and Minister for Sport invited all clubs to meet on 23rd October where the Bill was again discussed.
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Football: Regulation
Asked by: Louie French (Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Monday 6th January 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with the shadow Football Regulator to prevent English football clubs from joining breakaway leagues. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Football Governance Bill will create a Regulator that will be able to prevent English clubs from joining a future breakaway competition, taking into account factors like sustainability, heritage, fairness and meritocracy. The Regulator will be obliged to gather the views of fans and consult the FA before it prohibits a competition. This approach is the most effective way of stopping unwanted competitions that do not adhere to the principles of how sport operates in this country, are not supported by fans, and that risk undermining the English football pyramid. The Shadow Football Regulator is a transition team that is working in parallel with the passage of the Football Governance Bill to set up the Independent Football Regulator. It does not have powers to regulate or take forward the provisions in the Football Governance Bill until after Royal Assent.
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Football
Asked by: Louie French (Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Thursday 19th December 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the shadow football regulator and (b) supporters groups on fan engagement over kick-off time changes. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Government fully appreciates the frustration and disappointment that fans might experience following kick off times being changed. Fan consultation is a key part of the licensing regime within the Football Governance Bill and the relevant matters have been deliberately designed to capture the wide array of club matters that may impact fans. Within such categories as “match-day and operational issues”, topics such as accessibility, ticket purchasing processes, and stewarding may all be relevant, depending on the club. The requirements mean that clubs and their supporters could choose to discuss kick off times in these meetings, if they choose to. However, kick-off times are not included on the face of the Football Governance Bill as, in the majority of cases, these are not within the control of the club. Ultimately, the scheduling of fixtures is a matter for the relevant league and the Football Association (the FA), in conjunction with broadcasters, local authorities, and the police.
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Football Governance Bill (HL)
Asked by: Baroness Finn (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 9th December 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 15 November (HC11589), what involvement the Prime Minister has had with the policy development of the Football Governance Bill, or whether he has recused himself in the light of the value of the hospitality he has received from football clubs since becoming Prime Minister. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Football Governance Bill, and policy decision making in this area, is led by the Ministers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Mar. 27 2025
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - large print Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] [NOTE: The words marked in bold type were inserted by the Lords to avoid |
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Mar. 27 2025
Bill 213 EN 2024-25 - large print Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: Bill 213—EN [59/1] FOOTBALL GOVERNANCE BILL [HL] EXPLANATORY NOTES What these notes do |
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Mar. 27 2025
Bill 213 EN 2024-25 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: Bill 213—EN [59/1] FOOTBALL GOVERNANCE BILL [HL] EXPLANATORY NOTES What these notes do |
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Mar. 27 2025
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] [NOTE: The words marked in bold type were inserted by the Lords to avoid |
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Mar. 13 2025
HL Bill 59-II Second Marshalled list for Report Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] SECOND MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED ON REPORT The amendments |
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Mar. 10 2025
HL Bill 59-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED ON REPORT [Supplementary to the Marshalled List |
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Mar. 07 2025
HL Bill 59-I Marshalled list for Report Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED ON REPORT The amendments |
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Mar. 06 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 6 March 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Mar. 06 2025
16th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Select Committee report Found: Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee HL Paper 90 16th Report of Session 2024–25 Football Governance Bill |
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Mar. 05 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Mar. 04 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Mar. 03 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 3 March 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Feb. 27 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Feb. 20 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] RUNNING LIST OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON REPORT Tabled up to and including |
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Jan. 16 2025
HL Bill 59 (as amended in Committee) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] [AS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE] CONTENTS PART 1 PURPOSE, OVERVIEW AND KEY |
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Jan. 14 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Brady regarding clarification on whether the letter sent by the seven clubs following the meeting with the Secretary of State on 9 October was responded to, as discussed during the Committee stage. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: on the question you raised during the sixth Committee Stage debate on 18 December of the Football Governance Bill |
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Jan. 13 2025
HL Bill 41-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] SEVENTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE |
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Jan. 13 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Moynihan regarding appointments to the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), definition of a football season. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: I am grateful for your contributions during the 16 December Committee debate of the Football Governance Bill |
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Dec. 19 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Mann regarding Solihull Moors Women's Football Team being unable to access a facility that they have been given grants by the Football Foundation to use. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: question you raised during the fourth Committee Stage debate on the 11th December of the Football Governance Bill |
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Dec. 17 2024
HL Bill 41-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] SIXTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE |
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Dec. 17 2024
HL Bill 41-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary |
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Dec. 13 2024
HL Bill 41-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] AMENDMENT TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary |
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Dec. 12 2024
HL Bill 41-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] FIFTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE |
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Dec. 06 2024
HL Bill 41-IV(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] AMENDMENT TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary |
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Dec. 05 2024
HL Bill 41-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] FOURTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE |
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Dec. 04 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to peers regarding the competitions in scope of the Bill and related concerns around hybridity. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: INT2024/09650/DC My Lords, During Monday’s debate on amendments 19 and 21 to the Football Governance Bill |
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Dec. 03 2024
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] THIRD MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF |
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Dec. 03 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Hayward regarding the cost of the Independent Football Regulator, safeguards o the Regulator's levy and cost of businesses, proportionality of the levy and of the regime. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: 09628/DC Dear Lord Hayward, During the 2nd December Committee debate on the Football Governance Bill |
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Nov. 28 2024
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] SECOND MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE |
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Nov. 27 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Peers regarding points raised during the second reading, including proportionality and promoting success, competitions in scope of regulation, issues in scope of regulation, financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism and parachute payments, leveraged buyouts, cost of the regulator, and accountability to Parliament. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: November 2024 INT2024/09352/DC My Lords, During the Second Reading of the Football Governance Bill |
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Nov. 26 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Wood regarding questions raised during the second reading related to the financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: I am writing to follow up on the questions you raised during the Second Reading of the Football Governance Bill |
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Nov. 26 2024
HL Bill 41-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Football Governance Bill [HL] AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary |
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Nov. 26 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Grey-Thompson regarding the need to include the Regulator within the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020. Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: Dear Baroness Grey-Thompson, I am writing to you following the Second Reading of the Football Governance Bill |
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Dec. 03 2024
Overview of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and BBC 2023-24 (PDF) Found: Football governance bill In the last Parliament, DCMS worked on a bill about football governance, which |
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Friday 28th March 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: DCMS: ministers' travel and meetings Q3 24/25 Document: (webpage) Found: Lisa Nandy 2024-10-09 The EFL Engagement to discuss Football Governance Bill Lisa Nandy 2024-10 |
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Thursday 30th January 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: DCMS: ministers' gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings Q2 24/25 Document: (webpage) Found: -07-16 Football Supporters Association Introductory discussion on issues relating to the football governance bill |
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Dec. 06 2024
Government Legal Department Source Page: GLD Business Plan 2024-2025: Mid-year update Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: and reforms to ensure sustainability in the legal aid sector (Ministry of Justice) • the Football Governance Bill |