Northampton Town Football Club Debate
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Lord Taylor of Warwick
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Northampton Town Football Club
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, I am happy to take away all these suggestions around how we can improve the governance of our national game.
Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-Afl) [V]
My Lords, this is sad, because football is about romance, not just finance. Fans love their local club, whatever division it plays in. Although this is about a council loan, the loyal fans of Northampton Town Football Club, which formed in 1897, had their hopes of a new stadium dashed. Will the Government take into account the findings not only of the KPMG public interest report but the report of the then internal auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, in 2016, which also made various recommendations?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, I am sure that the successor council will take on board the recommendations of the public interest report and any recommendations that have come out of the local audit system. It is important that those are acted on.