Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Debate

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Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

Luke Taylor Excerpts
Friday 11th July 2025

(1 day, 21 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Christopher Chope Portrait Sir Christopher Chope
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The hon. Lady is shaking her head, but that is in Baroness Casey’s report—she finds that there was a lot of drunken behaviour and evidence of drug taking. Those are criminal offences. The expression on the hon. Lady’s face makes it seem as though either she believes that Baroness Casey’s findings were incorrect or she has some other reason for disagreeing with that.

I think that bringing the criminal law into this narrow and specific field when there are already a host of other criminal offences covering these issues is the wrong way forward, but I am obviously in the minority on that.

Luke Taylor Portrait Luke Taylor (Sutton and Cheam) (LD)
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We will soon find out.

Christopher Chope Portrait Sir Christopher Chope
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Of course I will give way.

Luke Taylor Portrait Luke Taylor
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I have no interest in intervening.