Member

Finally—and it is “finally”, I think, although there are several pages on this—I turn to Amendments 209, 226 and 231 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. I found his contribution extremely interesting. The prohibited competitions duty is an essential part of the Bill. The European Super League posed an existential threat to open and competitive football across Europe and threatened the heritage of English football. I can assure the noble Lord that the regulator would not prohibit a competition unless there were very good reasons for doing so, as outlined in the Bill currently. If one club is outperforming another by virtue of the fact it has qualified for a higher rank of competition and is reaping the rewards of this, financially and competitively, the regulator would not act to stop this.