Member

I want to be clear that the regulator is not going to prescriptively micro-manage each club’s board or set EDI targets and quotas. That is not the role of the regulator, and it would cause significant burden to both the regulator and clubs. The regulator will not be able to become involved in issues relating to freedom of speech, or, as we discussed earlier in Committee, the diversity of fans. This clause relates only to a club’s internal governance and staff. This is not the place for a debate about trans participation in sport. I therefore hope that the noble Baroness will withdraw—