Member

I will start with Amendments 302, 303 and 304, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, and also spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lady Evans of Bowes Park. Amendment 302 attempts to make the regulator’s decision on criteria for choosing the final proposal discretionary, removing the requirement for the regulator to make a distribution order based on the more consistent final proposal. The regulator’s decision-making process, as outlined in the Bill, is intended to ensure that, where a distribution order must be issued, the regulator does not place an undue burden on the commercial interests of either specified competition organiser, and that the order issued is as consistent with the regulator’s objectives as possible: namely, to promote the financial soundness and resilience of football.