Football Governance Bill [HL] — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 8 — 11 Mar 2025 at 18:30

Moved by Lord Maude of Horsham

8: Schedule 2, page 85, line 12, at end insert-“3A “(1) The Secretary of State is to nominate a person (“the nominated person”) to be the chair.(2) The nominated person must appear before a relevant Parliamentary Committee if invited to do so.(3) The Secretary of State may not proceed with the appointment of the nominated person unless the relevant Parliamentary Committee has held a confirmatory vote if the Committee wishes to do so.(4) Where the relevant Parliamentary Committee has expressed a negative opinion on the appointment of the nominated person, the Secretary of State may not proceed with the appointment of the nominated person.(5) Where the relevant Parliamentary Committee has expressed a positive opinion on the appointment of the nominated person, the Secretary of State may proceed with the appointment of the nominated person.(6) A relevant Parliamentary Committee is any Committee of the House of Commons, or House of Lords, or of both Houses, which has notified the Secretary of State, in writing, that they have assumed the function of scrutiny of football regulation.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment provides that the chair may undergo pre-appointment scrutiny and be approved by a select committee of Parliament.

Ayes 181, Noes 234.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 14.0%
Con0 160 (+2 tell)54.5%
Crossbench18 815.3%
DUP0 233.3%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge2 022.2%
Lab123 (+2 tell) 069.1%
LDem51 063.0%
Non-affiliated7 218.0%
PC1 050.0%
UUP0 133.3%
Total:203 17446.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Deech Crossbenchaye
Baroness Falkner of MargravineCrossbenchaye
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchaye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ravensdale Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Wheatcroft Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Foster of AghadrumseeNon-affiliatedaye
Baroness Fox of BuckleyNon-affiliatedaye

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