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Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 January 2025

Debate

Football Governance Bill [HL]

Contribution

My noble friend makes a good point, and I am sure he has seen the comments by Mark Ives, the general manager of the National League, who said that it is worried that the Bill will be onerous. Some National League clubs work with two or three people and some volunteers. As he rightly says, these are the clubs most worried about the cost of compliance. I know that the Minister has talked about proportionate regulation but, for all of us, and as Mark Ives rightly pointed out, this is a serious concern for those clubs in the National League, the very ones that we want to protect and support.

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