Fan-led Review and Football White Paper

Lord Austin of Dudley Excerpts

Tuesday 21st February 2023 Lords Chamber

[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)]

My Lords, will the Government’s White Paper deal with issues such as the ownership of Birmingham City Football Club? It is owned by a company that is registered in the Cayman Islands and its shares are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Its single largest ownership block appears to be a Mr Wang Yaohui, a fugitive from China who now resides as a Cambodian diplomat but whose name does not appear to have any substantial listing in the club at all. What are fans meant to do when we have this appalling ownership structure with no transparency?

[Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-Afl)]

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