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Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) as the Football Governance Act 2025. - Speech Link
2: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) Member’s comments, but does he think that link to home is diluted for American football or baseball when - Speech Link
3: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) No, several.I have been to many football matches at more than 50 Football League grounds, and every time - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Windrush Day 2025 - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool Riverside) vibrant community and contributing to our culture in many different ways, from music to food to football - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) heritage, from Nigeria, mixing and interacting with the Irish, Portuguese, West Indian, Spanish, Latin American - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spending Review 2025 - Thu 12 Jun 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) There is also, would you believe, the real possibility of connecting by train those two great football - Speech Link
2: Baroness Andrews (Lab - Life peer) I hope we can attract some of those American scientists who are now rather destabilised, shall we say - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Football clubs are part of the fabric of British civil society. - Speech Link
2: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) The competitive nature of English football is what makes it so great. - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) course with international football. - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) However, I will use the example of Coventry City football club. - Speech Link
5: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Football clubs must be able to act swiftly to protect their future. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) It operated a bit like an American franchise system: “I’ve got the ownership of the club. - Speech Link
2: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) Member explain what the process the football regulator should go through would look like? - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) This is not theoretical—it is a real and dangerous risk for English football. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) Clubs will be subject to a number of rules from different football authorities. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Report stage part two - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None I had the pleasure of telling a young American that I thought that she should spend a little more time - Speech Link
2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) for meeting me several times to discuss the security impacts—as well as the performance of Burnley Football - Speech Link
3: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) sat through most, if not all, of the Committee and through today at Report, I am reminded of the football - Speech Link
4: Lord Pickles (Con - Life peer) The International African American Museum, which is extremely good, was also done by that firm, as was - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) Football does change, like the rest of society, and circumstances in football change, so I do not think - Speech Link
2: Lee Dillon (LD - Newbury) It will provide comprehensive assessment of how football is functioning. - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) regulator on the football pyramid from the bottom to the top. - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) That is part of the competitive nature of football. - Speech Link
5: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Let us not forget that football clubs are not franchises, as they are in the American sport system. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage - Wed 21 May 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) Despite being owner of the Ritz Paris hotel and Fulham Football Club at the time, he was never held to - Speech Link
2: None I will conclude with the words of Ira Glasser, the legendary ex-head of the American Civil Liberties - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Government Travel Advice: Laos - Tue 20 May 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Dickson (Lab - Dartford) The eulogies also told of a keen sportswoman who regularly played football and netball, as well as finishing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 May 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None To give a topical example, take a football fan who shouts “Are you blind?” - Speech Link
2: Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill (Lab - Life peer) That would include the example given by the noble Lord of a blind person at a football match. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) In reality, who is it who goes to the football or the rugby and may fall foul of the law, as the noble - Speech Link
4: Lord Ashcombe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As noble Lords may be aware, I work for Marsh, an international, American-owned insurance broker. - Speech Link
5: None It is quite right that there have been major campaigns to stamp out racism in football. - Speech Link