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Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 March 2025

Debate

Football Governance Bill [HL]

Contribution

The noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, was briefer than I had anticipated; I had intended putting this point to him. We have had a lot of discussion about the intervention of UEFA in terms of the regulator not being able to take into account UK government foreign policies and trade policies, following that provision having been withdrawn from the Bill. How does that differ from Amendment 26, which expects international trade agreements to come within the consideration of the regulator? Surely the two are the same. In either case, they are getting into the realms of government policy, which UEFA has made it quite clear it is unhappy about.

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