FIFA

My hon. Friend is right. We are talking about a widespread, systemic failure of an organisation—w...

My hon. Friend’s concerns about the systemic corruption within FIFA have been known for some time...

I agree with my right hon. Friend. It has been known for a long time that there are systemic prob...

I understand what my hon. Friend says: the bid was doomed to failure, which we can see even witho...

We have seen allegations of corruption going back for almost the entirety of Sepp Blatter’s presi...

rose—

I give way to the hon. Gentleman.

Order. Before Mr Campbell speaks, may I gently point out that seven Back-Bench colleagues wish to...

Thank you, Mr Streeter, for that clarification. I will be brief.

I congratulate the hon. Me...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Again, that is a very unusual payment that was recei...

rose—

Before I call Mr Evans to speak, let me say that wind-ups will begin at 10.30-ish, so we have abo...

I will try to keep my remarks brief, Mr Streeter.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Folkes...

The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the reforms. We can call for FIFA to be ref...

We need a completely new organisation without the Byzantine committees that seem to keep people i...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins)on securing thi...

It is a pleasure to speak on this subject. First, I congratulate the hon. Member for Folkestone a...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I congratulate my hon. Frie...

It is a joy to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I join colleagues in congratulating my...

It is important to talk about sponsors, but the World cup reaches a worldwide audience, so if McD...

That is a very interesting suggestion. The question to ask before that is whether, if it is shown...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time in this Parliament, Mr Stree...

Jérôme Valcke, FIFA’s general secretary, announced today that the bidding process for the 2026 Wo...

I agree with my hon. Friend. The announcement is extremely welcome. If there is time, I will disc...

I call Andrew Bingham, who has until 10.33 am.

10.27 am

13 minutes!

Six minutes.

Sorry, I was looking at the wrong clock. Anyway, I will do it in six minutes and we can call it “...

Does my hon. Friend agree that if it emerges that the bidding process was corrupt, that £19 milli...

I completely agree with that excellent idea. I am sure that the FA could make good use of £19 mil...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damia...

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I congratulate...

I agree with the points the hon. Gentleman is making. Does he agree that it is vital that there i...

Absolutely. Mr Warner and Mr Platini are two examples of where the need for that wider scope of s...

We are beating about the bush somewhat. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that even if Sepp Blatter i...

It is inconceivable, and that is why it is extraordinary that Blatter is still in place. I am not...

The small ingenuity of my proposal to run the 2018 tournament across Europe is that the burden wo...

That may be what happens, but it may be too late to unpick all the contracts for the 2018 World c...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I congratulate my hon. Friend the...

Is it not within the Minister’s power to seek to have the Garcia report shown confidentially to M...

I am still working out what all my powers are, to be perfectly honest, but if I do have that powe...

It might be helpful, following on from the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Hereford a...

I will deal in some detail with the issues relating to the Serious Fraud Office.

I congratu...