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Lord Markham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 December 2024

Debate

Football Governance Bill [HL]

Contribution

I hope we can move constructively on this point. I welcome the Minister’s undertaking to give clubs as much time as they request. I appreciate the amount of time the Minister has given all of us in all this. It feels that that may be a point worth taking forward, particularly on parachute payments. To my mind, the biggest proof on all of this is the fact that 51 of the 92 clubs in the whole pyramid have been in the Premier League at some point. That is way over half. That speaks to how fluid the system is and how much it is working. Over half the clubs have spent some time in the Premier League. To me that speaks volumes. That is the biggest concern I have. We have a system that works; we have competition throughout the pyramid. The real fear from all my noble friends who have spoken on this, and why we speak with such passion, is the fact that we endanger all of that. I will withdraw my amendment.

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