Member

On Amendment 238, from the noble Lord, Lord Markham, the Government understand the importance of home shirts, which is why the legislation looks to safeguard their heritage. However, with the majority of clubs producing a new design every season, and the design reflecting commercial decisions regarding shirt sponsorship, in our view it would be overly burdensome to require every club to carry out full consultation and determine that the majority of supporters approve of that design. Instead, we have decided to safeguard what is the most identifiable and long-standing feature across all of the club’s home shirts: the colour.