Member

We are in a rather strange place when a Bill to regulate English football does not state what it regards English football to be and does not set out what those competitions are. We know which leagues the Government intend to regulate, at least initially, because they set that out in the memorandum they sent on delegated powers and in the fact sheets they published on GOV.UK and elsewhere. Those documents establish that the initial scope is the top five tiers of the English football pyramid. That is all very well and good but the Bill does not set that out; it does not tell us who will be regulated and does not give the certainty that is needed for those who will have to abide by this new law. It is important that we see that elucidated in the legislation itself.