Member

I will respond to one or two of the comments that noble Lords have made. First, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, there is genuine concern about this. That concern is not about the integrity of the Government in their conversations, but about what could happen in the future under the legislation we are being asked to consider. It was absolutely right of my noble friend Lord Jackson to raise the issue of Clause 11, because the Secretary of State will prepare a Statement, and they will do so on a three-yearly basis. However, there is one opportunity when the Secretary of State could prepare a Statement on matters relating to football governance faster than that, and that is if