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Then it is also unwise to say, as was said yesterday, to this House, which has been scrutinising this legislation in detail, that this is the end of the road with the Bill. Far from it—there are 31 further secondary items of legislation and regulation still to be made. There are probably more pages of regulations and secondary legislation to be published in the third quarter of this year than there are in the Bill itself. We have no idea about the degree of scope creep and should be very concerned indeed about it, because, as my noble friend said, it is a competitor league, which will take no pleasure, I am sure, but will take every opportunity to challenge this legislation because it does not reflect in any way the one governing body, the Football Association, which is the member governing body of UEFA. It severs that link. It is a car crash about to happen.