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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 June 2026

Debate

Sporting Events Bill [HL]

Contribution

We have been told from the outset that the purpose of the Bill is to be able to pull it out of the file whenever we want to bid for one of these major or mega events without needing to create primary legislation again. Although we heard on day one that that is unlikely to be the case in any event, if we at least think through these issues and have them set out in the Bill, it would mean that this has been thought through at the principles level and covered off, so we do not need to have this included in the subsequent statute, which will inevitably have to happen in any event.

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