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Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) for football for a long time. - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) That is true even with the growth of broadcasting audiences and sponsorship revenue. - Speech Link
3: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) ,(vii) employee groups and unions with members employed by football clubs, and(viii) professional football - Speech Link
4: None ,(vii) employee groups and unions with members employed by football clubs, and(viii) professional football - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) widespread concerns about the way in which the quest for broadcasting revenues, corporate backing and sponsorship - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannett of Everton (Lab - Life peer) It supports much more than just the football itself. - Speech Link
3: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) He said this:“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. - Speech Link
4: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) I slightly challenge the emphasis on football. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) Was it too football orientated? - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) in the past when our favourite football teams ran about the park with cigarettes advertised on their - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) We are clearly now in the position whereby if anyone suggested that football teams should have tobacco - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) I do not know about anybody else’s children, but mine watch football on the television, and they can - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) I sit on the management committee of the Spirit of Shankly football union for Liverpool football club - Speech Link
2: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) I am chair of the all-party parliamentary football club group, and we too receive sponsorship. - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) squads and football in general, and will slow down the growth of English football. - Speech Link
4: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) needs to be football-led. - Speech Link
5: None Football operates on a three-year cycle. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) that there are some loopholes in the Bill that need to be addressed around promotion, advertising, sponsorship - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) I would be very happy to hear from the Government Front Bench team about sponsorship, which is an interest - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) talked about advertising being quite restricted, but, with vaping, we see sports teams—rugby teams and football - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Therefore, extending the advertising, promotion and sponsorship ban could have such a significant impact - Speech Link
5: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) What jurisdiction does it have in relation to the advertising of vapes on football strips, for instance - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 01 May 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Does he agree that permitting football strips to be sponsored by vaping companies sends entirely the - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Obviously, decisions about kit sponsorship will rest with individual teams, but I agree with her that - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Should the restrictions on vaping being advertised on football shirts, for instance, be in line with - Speech Link
2: None allow closing down displays of vaping products in shops, on billboards and on bus shelters; ending sponsorship - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) I am very concerned about the matter of football strips and, indeed, sports stadiums being sponsored - Speech Link
4: None We would support ambient advertising and sponsorship being closed down. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gambling Advertising - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) In sport, the absence of government action has led 35 football clubs to decide to go it alone and join - Speech Link
2: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab - Life peer) If you ever go to a football match, as I do, you cannot escape the gambling adverts and the involvement - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Football Index Collapse: Lessons Learned - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) to call for an end to gambling advertising and sponsorship in football. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Football Governance Bill
2nd reading - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Wright (Con - Kenilworth and Southam) As she says, football goes all the way down the football pyramid—not just in terms of its quality, but - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) I am not going to mention my local football clubs—oh, all right, I will: Walsall football club and Darlaston - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Does she agree that shirt sponsorship by disposable vape companies is wholly unacceptable, has no part - Speech Link
4: Thangam Debbonaire (Lab - Bristol West) Fans are at the heart of football, which is one of the things that makes football special and unique, - Speech Link
5: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) We need to keep it about football and realise the unique position of football in our society. - Speech Link