Football Governance Act 2025
A bill to establish the Independent Football Regulator; to make provision for the licensing of football clubs; to make provision about the distribution of revenue received by organisers of football competitions; and for connected purposes.
Legislative progress
Lords
24 Oct 2024
1st reading
Lords
13 Nov 2024
2nd reading
Lords
27 Nov 2024
Committee stage
Lords
11 Mar 2025
Report stage
Lords
26 Mar 2025
3rd reading
Commons
27 Mar 2025
1st reading
Commons
28 Apr 2025
2nd reading
Commons
28 Apr 2025
Programme motion
Commons
28 Apr 2025
Money resolution
Commons
28 Apr 2025
Ways and Means resolution
Commons
3 Jun 2025
Committee stage
Commons
8 Jul 2025
Report stage
Commons
8 Jul 2025
3rd reading
Lords
15 Jul 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Unassigned
21 Jul 2025
Royal Assent
Bill documents
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Bill Lords 24 Oct 2024HL Bill 41 (as introduced)
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Delegated Powers Memorandum Lords 24 Oct 2024Football Governance Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
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Explanatory Notes Lords 24 Oct 2024HL Bill 41 Explanatory Notes
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Briefing papers Lords 1 Nov 2024Football Governance Bill [HL]: HL Bill 41
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Amendment Paper Lords 14 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments - 14 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 15 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 15 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 18 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 18 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 19 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 19 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 20 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 20 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 21 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 21 November 2024
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Amendment Paper Lords 22 Nov 2024HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 22 November 2024
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Select Committee report Lords 22 Nov 2024Eighth Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 25 Nov 2024HL Bill 41-I Marshalled list for Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 26 Nov 2024HL Bill 41-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
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Will write letters Unassigned 26 Nov 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Grey-Thompson regarding the need to include the Regulator within the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020.
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Will write letters Unassigned 26 Nov 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Wood regarding questions raised during the second reading related to the financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism.
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Will write letters Unassigned 27 Nov 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to Peers regarding points raised during the second reading, including proportionality and promoting success, competitions in scope of regulation, issues in scope of regulation, financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism and parachute payments, leveraged buyouts, cost of the regulator, and accountability to Parliament.
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Amendment Paper Lords 28 Nov 2024HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 3 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
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Will write letters Unassigned 3 Dec 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Hayward regarding the cost of the Independent Football Regulator, safeguards o the Regulator's levy and cost of businesses, proportionality of the levy and of the regime.
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Will write letters Unassigned 4 Dec 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to peers regarding the competitions in scope of the Bill and related concerns around hybridity.
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Amendment Paper Lords 5 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 6 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-IV(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
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Amendment Paper Lords 12 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 13 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
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Amendment Paper Lords 17 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 17 Dec 2024HL Bill 41-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List)
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Will write letters Unassigned 19 Dec 2024Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Mann regarding Solihull Moors Women's Football Team being unable to access a facility that they have been given grants by the Football Foundation to use.
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Amendment Paper Lords 13 Jan 2025HL Bill 41-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee
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Will write letters Unassigned 13 Jan 2025Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Moynihan regarding appointments to the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), definition of a football season.
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Will write letters Unassigned 14 Jan 2025Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Brady regarding clarification on whether the letter sent by the seven clubs following the meeting with the Secretary of State on 9 October was responded to, as discussed during the Committee stage.
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Bill Lords 16 Jan 2025HL Bill 59 (as amended in Committee)
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Amendment Paper Lords 20 Feb 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
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Amendment Paper Lords 27 Feb 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025
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Amendment Paper Lords 3 Mar 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 3 March 2025
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Amendment Paper Lords 4 Mar 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025
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Amendment Paper Lords 5 Mar 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025
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Select Committee report Lords 6 Mar 202516th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 6 Mar 2025HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 6 March 2025
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Will write letters Unassigned 6 Mar 2025Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lords regarding the costs of regulation, as discussed during the Committee stage (sixth day) of the Bill: potential proportion of levy payments, compliance costs, value for money provisions.
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Amendment Paper Lords 7 Mar 2025HL Bill 59-I Marshalled list for Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 10 Mar 2025HL Bill 59-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
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Amendment Paper Lords 13 Mar 2025HL Bill 59-II Second Marshalled list for Report
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Bill Lords 17 Mar 2025HL Bill 82 (as amended on Report)
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Bill Commons 27 Mar 2025Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
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Bill Commons 27 Mar 2025Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - large print
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Bill Commons 27 Mar 2025Bill 213 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
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Explanatory Notes Commons 27 Mar 2025Bill 213 EN 2024-25
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Explanatory Notes Commons 27 Mar 2025Bill 213 EN 2024-25 - large print
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Human rights memorandum Commons 1 Apr 2025Human Rights Memorandum
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Delegated Powers Memorandum Commons 1 Apr 2025Memorandum from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
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Briefing papers Commons 9 Apr 2025Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-25
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Press notices Commons 30 Apr 2025Football Governance Bill: call for evidence
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Amendment Paper Commons 13 May 2025Notices of Amendments as at 13 May 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 20 May 2025Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 23 May 2025Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 30 May 2025Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 2 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 3 Jun 2025Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 3 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 3 Jun 2025Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 3 June 2025
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Written evidence Commons 3 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by Fair Game (FGB01)
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Written evidence Commons 3 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by the Premier League (FGB02)
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Written evidence Commons 3 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by the English Football League (EFL) (FGB03)
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Amendment Paper Commons 4 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 4 June 2025
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 4 Jun 2025Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 5 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 5 Jun 2025Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 June 2025
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Written evidence Commons 5 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by Competere Foundation (FGB04)
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Will write letters Unassigned 5 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding how Parliament will be able to scrutinise the Independent Regulator and how the Regulator will be held to account.
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Will write letters Unassigned 5 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Joe Robertson MP regarding the definition of an “ultimate owner”, as discussed during the Committee stage.
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Amendment Paper Commons 6 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 9 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 9 June 2025
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 10 Jun 2025Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 10 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 10 Jun 2025Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 10 June 2025
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Written evidence Commons 10 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by the Football Supporters' Association (FGB05)
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Written evidence Commons 10 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by Northampton Town FC Supporters' Trust (NTFCST) and co-signatories (FGB06)
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Amendment Paper Commons 11 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 12 Jun 2025Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 12 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 12 Jun 2025Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 13 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 16 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 17 Jun 2025All proceedings up to 17 June 2025 at Public Committee Stage
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 17 Jun 2025Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 17 June 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 17 Jun 2025Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 17 June 2025
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Written evidence Commons 17 Jun 2025Written evidence submitted by The Football Association (The FA) (FGB07)
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Bill Commons 20 Jun 2025Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
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Bill Commons 20 Jun 2025Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
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Bill Commons 20 Jun 2025Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - xml download
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Will write letters Unassigned 20 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Clive Betts MP regarding: how the Independent Football Regulator might intervene if an owner's source and sufficiency of wealth were in doubt.
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Will write letters Unassigned 20 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Lincoln Jopp MP regarding reasonable assumptions in a club's business plan regarding expected television revenue in season.
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Will write letters Unassigned 20 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding the licensing regime, and what might happen if the Independent Football Regulator revokes a licence.
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Will write letters Unassigned 20 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding how the Independent Football Regulator with interact with existing rules in place, such as financial fair play/profit and sustainability rules.
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 24 Jun 2025Impact Assessment on the regulation of English men's professional football from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (updated June 2025)
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Amendment Paper Commons 25 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 25 June 2025
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Will write letters Unassigned 25 Jun 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding clarification on areas regarding the owners' and directors' test, clauses 30-36.
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Amendment Paper Commons 26 Jun 2025Notices of Amendments as at 26 June 2025
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Briefing papers Commons 26 Jun 2025Football Governance Bill [HL]: progress of the bill
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Amendment Paper Commons 2 Jul 2025Notices of Amendments as at 2 July 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 3 Jul 2025Notices of Amendments as at 3 July 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 4 Jul 2025Notices of Amendments as at 4 July 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 7 Jul 2025Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025
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Will write letters Unassigned 7 Jul 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP, Lincoln Jopp MP and Lee Dillon MP regarding Clause 45 on prohibited competition: how the Independent Football Regulator would treat 'friendly' competitions and interactions with UEFA.
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Will write letters Unassigned 7 Jul 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP, Lincoln Jopp MP and Lee Dillon MP regarding duties on clubs relating to the appointment of an administrator (clause 47) and insolvency proceedings (clause 51), and protection of training grounds, (tenth sitting): government amendment 72, clause 96 and clause 98.
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Amendment Paper Commons 8 Jul 2025Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025
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Amendment Paper Commons 8 Jul 2025Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 8 Jul 2025Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 8 July 2025
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 8 Jul 2025Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - large print - 8 July 2025
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 8 Jul 2025Report Stage Proceedings as at 8 July 2025
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Bill Lords 9 Jul 2025HL Bill 121 Commons Amendments
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Explanatory Notes Lords 9 Jul 2025HL Bill 121 Explanatory Notes on Commons Amendments
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Act of Parliament Unassigned 21 Jul 2025Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21)
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Will write letters Unassigned 24 Jul 2025Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Clive Betts MP regarding the Clause 9 amendment about the prioritisation of competitions within English football.
Chamber debates
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Hansard 23 Apr 2024
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Hansard 7 Nov 2014
Committee debates
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Hansard 19 Nov 2025
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Hansard 28 Oct 2025
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Hansard 17 Jun 2025
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Hansard 23 May 2024
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Hansard 21 May 2024
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Hansard 16 May 2024
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Hansard 16 May 2024
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Hansard 14 May 2024