Lord Anderson of Swansea
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Wednesday 8th December 2010
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
My Lords, one of the aspects of the Sunday Times exposé is that FIFA responded by expelling two executive committee members in November. Its ethics committee has shown that it takes allegations of corruption seriously, but the issues and the sanctions FIFA imposes are a matter for it.
Lord Anderson of Swansea
My Lords, is there not one clear lesson from this, and that is the gross injustice done to the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, who was right but was right before his time?
Baroness Garden of Frognal
My Lords, I think perhaps on that matter I had better not comment.