Football Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting) Debate
Full Debate: Read Full DebateDepartment: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Kevin Bonavia
Main Page: Kevin Bonavia (Labour - Stevenage)Department Debates - View all Kevin Bonavia's debates with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Football Governance Bill [Lords] (Fourth sitting)
Kevin Bonavia ExcerptsThursday 5th June 2025
(2 days, 18 hours ago)
Public Bill CommitteesRead Full debate Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 View all Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-26 Debates Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 June 2025 - (5 Jun 2025)
Stephanie Peacock
The hon. Gentleman shouts his CV from a sedentary position.
Kevin Bonavia (Stevenage) (Lab)
Members of the Committee may have heard of the case Pepper v. Hart, which showed that courts do look at what is said in Parliament. What we say here does matter.
Stephanie Peacock
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that comment. The intention of the regulatory principle is not to list every possible stakeholder that the regulator should ever engage during the course of regulation. That would be a slippery slope to an enormous list that risks missing persons off. Rather, the broader group of those affected by decisions are captured by this provision, even if they are not explicitly mentioned. That is why I am very pleased to give those assurances to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East.