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Just as importantly—perhaps more importantly—fans and players deserve reassurance that their clubs and our national team will continue to be able to compete on the international stage. These are the very people that the Bill has been brought forward to champion, so I hope the Minister will look favourably on these sensible and constructive amendments. I hope she will respond to the points that noble Lords from across the Committee have made and take up the invitation from her noble friend Lord Watson of Wyre Forest and seize the opportunity to give 1.5 billion fans of English football, here and around the world, the reassurance they want and a clear answer to the question that he posed. Now would be a very good time for her to answer it.