Member

On the first amendment, I think the issue is: in football, should there be some thought in relation to the next generation? That is very valid but I do not see how it can be brought into statute. On the second amendment, that is not what the debate has been on and the amendment is fundamentally flawed. “Local communities” in this subsection are in the context of the economy and the social economy. If Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City or Worksop Town, or even Leeds United, lose a fixture—wrongly and badly, and desperately so—that has an impact across that locality. Sometimes it is a big impact and the more crucial the result is seen to be, the bigger it is. That impacts on the local economy, as has been known over the decades and today.