Sir Christopher Chope

Sir Christopher Chope

Conservative — Christchurch

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 July 2025

Debate

Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill

Contribution

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.

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