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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 July 2025
Debate
Football Governance Bill [HL]Contribution
That is what we are talking about. We are talking about making sure that these communities are a little better represented and a little better run. I hope that this is what we have done, and I give the Government and David Kogan all my support. I hope that this works and that we do not have to come back to it. That is what we are about here. I hope that we have been successful. I felt we had a degree of consensus when we started this process. Apparently I was wrong, but I hope that this works. I hope that these communities and this important part of the current fabric of our society continue to function well. The Premier League may not be laying golden eggs any more, but it may at least continue to provide some revenue. We cannot tell the future—we do not know what is going to happen or whether it will continue to be a globally dominant brand—but if the local clubs are there, we have something solid, and hopefully not something dependent on somebody coming in with some cash because somebody else has come up with a brilliant or crooked idea.
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