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Finally, I turn to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. Sport is still autonomous globally and that autonomy—for example, in the International Olympic Committee—means that the IOC charter takes precedence for hosting the Games when they take place in London, as they did in 2012. It requests some legislative support and two items of legislation came forward. It goes to the British Olympic Association, rather than the courts, if it has any concerns and the British Olympic Association engages, as it did on that occasion, with the Government to make sure that the Games are a success. That is the same framework as UEFA operates with the Football Association or FIFA operates with the Football Association, as it increasingly will now that FIFA has moved into the club game as well.