Member

As I said in Committee, we must ensure that this Bill does not create a “stasis” in football. The worst scenario would be for the beautiful game to be frozen in time. Its improvement and growth need to be promoted. The fans of the future are, after all, the future of football. It is for this reason that I have tabled Amendment 15, which seeks to ensure that the regulator does not act in any manner which undermines or harms the growth of English football. That is an alteration from the original iteration of this growth duty, which we considered in Committee. It is very similar to Amendment 14 tabled by the Minister. We welcome the fact that she has brought that forward.