Member

I have also tabled the completely different Amendment 129A, requesting that the much-debated question of what “significant influence” means be clarified. I will not rehearse that as we have rehearsed it at length in Committee and no doubt will return to it on Report. My amendment requests that the Secretary of State, in paragraph 15(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 1, should consult on what “significant influence” means. We discussed it in the context of the self-evidently clear example of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia chairing the PIF, appointing the members of the PIF and the PIF owning a majority interest in Newcastle, but there are now many multi-ownership clubs. There is gossip in the market about the Qataris taking a greater interest in potentially acquiring a Premier League club. Tottenham Hotspur is quite high on the agenda, I am told, in which case it becomes another important issue: who in Qatar would be subject to the “significant influence” test?