Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that the Football Governance Bill could prevent England from participating in international football tournaments.

The Regulator will be independent from the Government, tightly focused on the financial sustainability of the game. This is consistent with UEFA's governing principles.

The FA gave evidence to the bill committee in the previous Parliament that a tightly focused bill on football governance “is not likely to present huge or significant problems” to UEFA. We have clarified the independence of the regime, by removing a clause from the previous bill requiring the Regulator to have regard to the Government’s foreign policy and trade considerations to be considered when approving takeovers.