Member

Amendments 308, 309 and 318 were tabled by my noble friends Lord Bassam of Brighton and Lady Taylor of Bolton. While we understand the intent behind Amendment 308, we are content that the current drafting in the Bill sufficiently captures the interests of regulated clubs by addressing the leagues that they are a part of. We would expect that, in the final proposal stage, the leagues would effectively represent the interests of their constituent clubs and consider any undue burden that would be placed on their commercial interests. The backstop process, including the final proposal stage, is ultimately about resolving distributions between the leagues and therefore it is the burden on the leagues as a whole that should be considered.