Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Oral Answers to Questions

Damian Collins Excerpts
Thursday 22nd March 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hugh Robertson Portrait Hugh Robertson
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We have decided to pass the initial report generated by the DCMS Committee back to it for further consideration and ask for its recommendations. I would not want to give the hon. Gentleman a firm commitment before I have seen the Committee’s recommendations, but I am absolutely determined to ensure that supporters are better represented and have a more central role in the running of their clubs.

Damian Collins Portrait Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con)
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Does the Minister agree that the proposed FA regulatory authority needs to have real teeth and that there should not just be a rebadging of rules that have failed, in some cases, to identify the ultimate owners of clubs or to protect communities from the impact of a club’s insolvency?