Science and Industry Museum: Official Hospitality

11 Jun 2025

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Stephanie Peacock received a response to a question they put to the government

On 31 July 2024, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport hosted a stakeholder reception in Manchester attended by 193 senior representatives from across the breadth of the DCMS sectors. This...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I will begin with the subject of UEFA. Once again, I can reassure the shadow Minister that UEFA is content with the Bill as drafted. He will note that, in answer to his written question, I...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Yes, absolutely. That goes back to the discussion that we had earlier on new clause 15. The regulator will take credible information seriously. Clause 34 provides the regulator with the necessary...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

In certain circumstances. I am hesitant to use the word “new” information, because the information may not be new. However, if relevant information comes to light for the regulator,...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Absolutely, and I refer back to some of our earlier conversations. If we take the regulatory regime as a whole, at the very basic level, owners need to have a business plan, consult their fans...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

There are different thresholds for new owners and incumbent owners; with new owners, it is grounds for suspecting, but with incumbent owners, it is the balance of probabilities. Of course, the...

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Clause 33 - Duties to notify IFR of change in circumstances relating to incumbent owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is important for sustainability that incumbent owners and officers continue to be suitable custodians of their clubs. That is why the Bill gives the regulator the power to test incumbents if...

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Clause 28 - Determination of suitability required for new owner

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am grateful to the shadow Minister for those questions. I reiterate, as I said in an earlier intervention, that the licensing is separate from the ownership. On some of his points about the...

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Clause 28 - Determination of suitability required for new owner

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

As we have heard throughout the passage of the Bill, football clubs hold unique importance to their fans and local communities, and it is these fans who lose out when clubs are exploited or...

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Clause 27 - Duties to notify IFR of prospective new owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. As with everything throughout this Bill, we would expect the regulator to act proportionately. Where there is a reasonable prospect, it...

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Clause 27 - Duties to notify IFR of prospective new owner or officer

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The regulator’s owners and directors test has been designed to prevent unsuitable custodians from running or owning clubs. Therefore, the regulator needs to know who a club’s...

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Clause 26 - Part 4: overview and interpretation

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Yes, absolutely. We very much want that confidence to be established. We simply do not think that regulating junior employees, supporters trusts or the FSA is appropriate or proportionate. On...

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Clause 26 - Part 4: overview and interpretation

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the hon. Member for Wokingham for tabling new clause 15 and the hon. Member for Newbury for speaking to it, but it is already open to anyone, including all those listed in the new clause,...

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Clause 26 - Part 4: overview and interpretation

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

We have seen too many instances of unsuitable custodians mismanaging clubs, taking risks that jeopardise a club’s long-term future, and disregarding the interests of fans and communities....

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Clause 26 - Part 4: overview and interpretation

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is once again a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank the hon. Member for Cheltenham for tabling his amendments. It is absolutely right that clubs should have suitable...

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Clause 23 - Procedure for attaching or varying financial discretionary licence conditions

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 23 already tightly constrains the regulator’s ability to set discretionary licence conditions, and the shadow Minister’s earlier amendment sought to tighten that further, but...

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Clause 23 - Procedure for attaching or varying financial discretionary licence conditions

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 23 sets out the procedure for attaching or varying financial discretionary licence conditions on clubs, which ensures that clubs and competition organisers are notified and given the...

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Clause 22 - Scope of powers to attach or vary discretionary licence conditions

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 21 outlined the use of discretionary licence conditions, which can be used to bring clubs up to the threshold requirements for a full operating licence, if necessary. They can also be...

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Clause 22 - Scope of powers to attach or vary discretionary licence conditions

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the shadow Minister for tabling the amendments, which I will take in turn in responding to the points that he made. Broadly, amendments 107 and 108 concern integral powers for a financial...

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Clause 21 - Discretionary licence conditions

10 Jun 2025

Football Governance Bill [Lords]

Stephanie Peacock made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am grateful to the shadow Minister for those questions. Throughout this process, we have been keen to reiterate that discretionary conditions must be proportionate to the club’s size and...

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