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Football Governance Bill [HL]

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Lords, Session 2024-25

Bill (10)

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

HL Bill 121 Commons Amendments
9 July 2025
Lords
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
20 June 2025
Commons
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
20 June 2025
Commons
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - xml download
20 June 2025
Commons
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
27 March 2025
Commons
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - large print
27 March 2025
Commons
Bill 213 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
27 March 2025
Commons
16 January 2025
Lords

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

HL Bill 121 Explanatory Notes on Commons Amendments
9 July 2025
Lords
Bill 213 EN 2024-25
27 March 2025
Commons
Bill 213 EN 2024-25 - large print
27 March 2025
Commons
24 October 2024
Lords

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 8 July 2025
8 July 2025
Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - large print - 8 July 2025
8 July 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 17 June 2025
17 June 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 10 June 2025
10 June 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 5 June 2025
4 June 2025
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 3 June 2025
3 June 2025
Commons

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

Memorandum from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
1 April 2025
Commons
Football Governance Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
24 October 2024
Lords

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025
8 July 2025
Commons
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print
8 July 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025
7 July 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 4 July 2025
4 July 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 3 July 2025
3 July 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 2 July 2025
2 July 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 26 June 2025
26 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 25 June 2025
25 June 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 17 June 2025
17 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025
16 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025
11 June 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 10 June 2025
10 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 9 June 2025
9 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025
6 June 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 June 2025
5 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 4 June 2025
4 June 2025
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 3 June 2025
3 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025
2 June 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025
30 May 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025
23 May 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2025
20 May 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Commons
HL Bill 59-II Second Marshalled list for Report
13 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
10 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59-I Marshalled list for Report
7 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 6 March 2025
6 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025
5 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025
4 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 3 March 2025
3 March 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025
27 February 2025
Lords
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
20 February 2025
Lords
HL Bill 41-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee
13 January 2025
Lords
HL Bill 41-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List)
17 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee
17 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
13 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee
12 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-IV(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
6 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
5 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
3 December 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
28 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
26 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-I Marshalled list for Committee
25 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 22 November 2024
22 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 21 November 2024
21 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 19 November 2024
19 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 18 November 2024
18 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 15 November 2024
15 November 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments - 14 November 2024
14 November 2024
Lords

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

All proceedings up to 17 June 2025 at Public Committee Stage
17 June 2025
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Football Governance Bill [HL]: progress of the bill
26 June 2025
Commons
Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-25
9 April 2025
Commons
Football Governance Bill [HL]: HL Bill 41
1 November 2024
Lords

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

16th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
6 March 2025
Lords
Eighth Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
22 November 2024
Lords

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Football Governance Bill: call for evidence
30 April 2025
Commons

The Government human rights memorandum is prepared by the Government to assist the Joint Committee on Human Rights with its scrutiny of the Bill’s human rights implications.

Human Rights Memorandum
1 April 2025
Commons

Written submissions from outside bodies and individuals are circulated to MPs appointed to examine the Bill during committee stage in a Public Bill Committee. The following written submissions were sent to this committee.

Written evidence submitted by The Football Association (The FA) (FGB07)
17 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Football Supporters' Association (FGB05)
10 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Northampton Town FC Supporters' Trust (NTFCST) and co-signatories (FGB06)
10 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Competere Foundation (FGB04)
5 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Fair Game (FGB01)
3 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Premier League (FGB02)
3 June 2025
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the English Football League (EFL) (FGB03)
3 June 2025
Commons

List of related Impact Assessments

Impact Assessment on the regulation of English men's professional football from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (updated June 2025)
24 June 2025

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding clarification on areas regarding the owners' and directors' test, clauses 30-36.
25 June 2025
Letter 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.
20 June 2025
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Lincoln Jopp MP regarding reasonable assumptions in a club's business plan regarding expected television revenue in season.
20 June 2025
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding the licensing regime, and what might happen if the Independent Football Regulator revokes a licence.
20 June 2025
Letter 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.
20 June 2025
Letter 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.
5 June 2025
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Joe Robertson MP regarding the definition of an “ultimate owner”, as discussed during the Committee stage.
5 June 2025
Letter 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.
6 March 2025
Letter 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.
14 January 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Moynihan regarding appointments to the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), definition of a football season.
13 January 2025
Letter 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.
19 December 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to peers regarding the competitions in scope of the Bill and related concerns around hybridity.
4 December 2024
Letter 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.
3 December 2024
Letter 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.
27 November 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Grey-Thompson regarding the need to include the Regulator within the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020.
26 November 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Wood regarding questions raised during the second reading related to the financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism.
26 November 2024

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Compilation PDF of all Committee Debate sittings so far
17 June 2025
Commons
17 June 2025
Commons
17 June 2025
Commons
12 June 2025
Commons
12 June 2025
Commons
10 June 2025
Commons
10 June 2025
Commons
5 June 2025
Commons
5 June 2025
Commons
3 June 2025
Commons
3 June 2025
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
28 April 2025
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
8 July 2025
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd stage - Commons Hansard link
8 July 2025
Commons

Lords 1st reading

24 October 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

13 November 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

15 January 2025
Lords
Lords Hansard - part one
18 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
18 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part one
16 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
16 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part one
9 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
9 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - Part 1
4 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - Part 2
4 December 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part one
2 December 2024
Lords
Lord Hansard - part two
2 December 2024
Lords
27 November 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

17 March 2025
Lords
Lords Hansard - part one
11 March 2025
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
11 March 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

26 March 2025
Lords

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
24 October 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
13 November 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings
15 January 2025
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part one
18 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
18 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part one
16 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
16 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part one
9 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
9 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - Part 1
4 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - Part 2
4 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part one
2 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
2 December 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
27 November 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
17 March 2025
Lords
Minutes of proceedings - part one
11 March 2025
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
11 March 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
26 March 2025
Lords