"Q I want to touch on the senior managers regime that the Bill effectively tries to create. You will know the importance of that from your professional background, particularly in a financial services setting. There are two points to this question. First, how do we ensure that we are …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"Q I want to dovetail back to the point about effective consultation. The Bill touches on it, but it varies. We had the example about ticket prices and people basically being told, “This is what your price is going to be.” How do you think that consultation could be …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"Q I assume that this could be done through leveraging best practice as well. You have just given the example of the Albion and how you guys are doing it—the relationship there.
Alistair Jones: We campaigned and tried to get answers, and credit to them: they did provide that …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"Q I want to touch more on the point about the proportionality of the Bill. I am looking at the part 5 duties. Do you think that this strikes a balance between regulating clubs like yours and making sure there is a framework, and allowing you to run your …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"Just like my hon. Friend’s club, Tipton Town in my constituency got through on FA cup replays and benefited from that opportunity. The fact that so many Members have voiced that concern, as he has done so eloquently, highlights the strength of feeling about it.
"It is great to be able to contribute to this debate, because although they say the Black Country was built on coal and metal, we were also built on football. I straddle the two clubs at the heart of the Black Country derby—namely, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
"My hon. Friend is almost asking for a replay of the replay—that is sort of where the question is. I get the point that he is trying to make about balance and the fine-line argument on Government interference. The point has been made quite strongly, as we have all seen—the …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"I will be brief, because I had not intended to speak, but having followed the debate, particularly in Committee and on Third Reading, I want to thank my hon. Friend—I say that with such heartfelt meaning—the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken), who has demonstrated the power …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"On the quality of the responses, the Minister will know, as I do as a west midlands MP, that one quite concerning thing was the number of copy-and-paste responses that seem to have come out of the consultation—as if someone was trying to tee it one way. Will my right …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech
"I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I start by commending some of the comments and the tone of the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton. He took a measured approach to this issue. I appreciate that we are not discussing his geographic area, but …..." Shaun Bailey - View Speech