Covid-19: Sports

Lord Taylor of Warwick Excerpts
Wednesday 13th May 2020

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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We absolutely recognise that clubs are an integral part of the country and of communities around them. Officials and Ministers are regularly engaging to understand and collaborate with clubs to make sure that we can support them through this extraordinarily difficult time.

Lord Taylor of Warwick Portrait Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-Afl)
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My Lords, under Project Restart, the Premier League is considering returning by 12 June. However, can the Minister say what the Government are planning to help less wealthy clubs outside the Premier League which want to emerge from this fight as victors, not victims?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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I have already explained some of the funding which has been provided across a range of sport. We very much welcomed the move by the Premier League to advance £125 million to the English Football League and the National League. All plans that are being developed need to be in line with public health guidance, but we hear the urgency in the noble Lord’s question.