Football Governance Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Addington and Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkMonday 16th December 2024
(4 weeks, 2 days ago)
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Lord Addington (LD)
It is nice to have a little fan club.
My amendment may be making the ultimate pedant’s point, but the Bill says that a relevant thing that cannot be interfered with is the name of a team operated by a club. My amendment refers to the name of the club itself. Is my point covered by this? I do not know. If it is, tell me where and I will be terribly happy.
The main point is that we will be still talking about who a fan is this time next year unless the Government make a decision and come up with something solid. It affects how the regulator operates and who they exclude. The Government may well have to decide who they are going to offend, but please let us do it, because otherwise fan involvement will mean nothing.
Higher Education Sector
Debate between Lord Addington and Lord Kennedy of Southwark(1 month, 1 week ago)
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
We will hear from the Lib Dem Benches next, please.
Lord Addington (LD)
My Lords, I thank the Chief Whip. If we are going to make sure that the universities are accessible to our own students, can we have an indication of what level of support we are expecting to get from foreign students, and have that discussion out in the open quickly?