Member

I have another point to make in relation to these amendments. My noble friend Lady Wheeler, on the Front Bench, is looking anxiously at me; I am sorry, but these are important points and I am not just speaking just for the sake of speaking. My noble friend Lord Mann’s Amendment 162, which would leave out sub-paragraph (2), is about clubs choosing who the fans are. It is essential that that is ruled out; otherwise, clubs could choose patsies—people who will not meaningfully criticise them or meaningfully convey the views of the club to the fans and vice versa.