European Football Proposal

I thank the hon. Lady for her questions and I think hidden in there somewhere was a welcome for t...

Just when we thought the beautiful game could not get any uglier, along come the big six and show...

It is worth bearing in mind that there are two parts to this. In the medium term, we are working ...

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I think it is the first time t...

I am tempted to thank the hon. Gentleman for the first line of his question and then to stop ther...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and the decision to launch the fan-led review but, a...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for all the work he has done, which has helped to shape the fan-l...

This is a devastating attack on the English game, as a shameless, arrogant and desperate elite se...

I assure the hon. Gentleman that we will be doing three things. First, we are backing the actions...

I congratulate the Secretary of State on his statement and on the announcement of the fan-led rev...

As almost always, I agree with every word that my right hon. Friend has said. I am happy to give ...

I thank the Secretary of State for his clear statement. It was not that long ago that I watched m...

I completely agree with the hon. Lady. We cannot have money and brand triumphing and trumping the...

I have been a supporter of Manchester United for 42 years and held a season ticket at the club fo...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. His reaction, as a loyal fan of that club, has been repl...

In the light of the shocking news that six of our national football clubs—it is heartbreaking to ...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight that. It seems extraordinary, at a time when ...

Newcastle United fans have long suffered from the greed and self-interest that drive premiership ...

The hon. Lady will have seen from my statement—I am happy to repeat it—that I completely agree wi...

Down here on the Sussex south coast, we are very proud of Brighton and Hove Albion. Ten years ago...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the central risk, which is that this creates a cl...

People like my own father, who was one of those who supported Manchester United in the ’20s and t...

I can assure the hon. Gentleman that those meetings will be happening this week; we are in the pr...

In forming these proposals, the six premier league clubs involved have shown no regard for the im...

I am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I often say, as Secretary of State for Digital,...

As a football fan and a usually proud Liverpool supporter, I am now ashamed of my club and heartb...

The short answer is yes. The hon. Lady is absolutely right to highlight the impact on the women’s...

This is an outrageous proposal, so I strongly welcome the robust set of measures that my right ho...

My hon. Friend raises a very important point. That is a very valid interpretation of the effect o...

My hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), who is my constituency neighbour, c...

I am very happy to give the hon. Gentleman an assurance that we will take the robust action that ...

I very much support what my right hon. Friend has said. Does he agree that the survival of clubs ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have worked tirelessly to ensure that the game has continu...

The Northern Ireland women’s football team, with amateur players, qualified for the Euros for the...

May I begin by sharing in the hon. Gentleman’s congratulations to the Northern Ireland women’s fo...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that this proposal is motivated by greed and shows contempt for f...

I am sympathetic to the concerns raised by my hon. Friend, and I would also note that many clubs,...

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and the announcement of a review. Do the Governm...

The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the German model; it has merits and it is right that the...

Football fans in Ashfield think that common sense in football is in short supply these days: insi...

I do not think I can add a great deal to my hon. Friend’s remarks. I was somewhat bemused when ob...

My 50-plus years of watching Man City has brought me a lot of emotions—pain, despair, misery and,...

I think the hon. Gentleman spoke very eloquently. Indeed, what he has said is shared by, sadly, s...

Being a top premiership club is not a franchise; it is to be part of the contestable apex of the ...

Yes, I am very happy to give my right hon. Friend that assurance: nothing will be off the table. ...

Interestingly, only one of these six clubs has always been in the top division in English footbal...

Somewhat unusually—although not that unusually, to be fair to the right hon. Gentleman—I agree wi...

Football’s governing bodies must stand firm against this European super league, and I welcome the...

The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the point about controlling our borders. I can assure hi...

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I suspend the House for three minutes for clean...

Before I ask the Clerk to read the title of the Bill, I should explain that in these exceptional ...