Football Governance Debate
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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Football Governance
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
I welcome much of the report, but does the Minister recall that the Prime Minister, when he was Mayor of London, was very concerned about domestic abuse that arose after football matches where drinking had taken place? Recommendations 42 and 43 of the report are that there should be experiments in reintroducing alcohol into these leagues, which had been banned since 1988. Can he tell me why the Government have changed their view?
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
I advise the noble Lord to await the Government’s response to the fan-led review, in which we will deal with all its recommendations.