Updated Act
Football Governance Act 2025
Sponsors
Government Bill
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Act of Parliament
Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21)
Bill
HL Bill 121 Commons Amendments
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 121 Explanatory Notes on Commons Amendments
Amendment Paper
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 8 July 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - large print - 8 July 2025
Bill proceedings: Commons
Report Stage Proceedings as at 8 July 2025
Amendment Paper
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025
Will write letters
Letter 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.
Will write letters
Letter 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.
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 4 July 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 3 July 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 2 July 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 26 June 2025
Briefing papers
Football Governance Bill [HL]: progress of the bill
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 25 June 2025
Will write letters
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Louie French MP regarding clarification on areas regarding the owners' and directors' test, clauses 30-36.
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment on the regulation of English men's professional football from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (updated June 2025)
Will write letters
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.
Will write letters
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Lincoln Jopp MP regarding reasonable assumptions in a club's business plan regarding expected television revenue in season.
Will write letters
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.
Will write letters
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.
Bill
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
Bill
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
Bill
Bill 266 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - xml download
Bill proceedings: Commons
All proceedings up to 17 June 2025 at Public Committee Stage
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 17 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 17 June 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by The Football Association (The FA) (FGB07)
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 12 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 10 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 10 June 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Football Supporters' Association (FGB05)
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Northampton Town FC Supporters' Trust (NTFCST) and co-signatories (FGB06)
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 9 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 June 2025
Will write letters
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.
Will write letters
Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP to Joe Robertson MP regarding the definition of an “ultimate owner”, as discussed during the Committee stage.
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Competere Foundation (FGB04)
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 4 June 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 5 June 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 3 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 3 June 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Fair Game (FGB01)
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Premier League (FGB02)
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the English Football League (EFL) (FGB03)
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 13 May 2025
Press notices
Football Governance Bill: call for evidence
Briefing papers
Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-25
Human rights memorandum
Human Rights Memorandum
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Memorandum from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Bill
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
Bill
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - large print
Bill
Bill 213 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
Explanatory Notes
Bill 213 EN 2024-25
Explanatory Notes
Bill 213 EN 2024-25 - large print
Bill
HL Bill 82 (as amended on Report)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59-II Second Marshalled list for Report
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59-I Marshalled list for Report
Will write letters
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.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 6 March 2025
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 3 March 2025
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
Bill
HL Bill 59 (as amended in Committee)
Will write letters
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.
Will write letters
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Moynihan regarding appointments to the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), definition of a football season.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee
Will write letters
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.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-IV(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
Will write letters
Letter from Baroness Twycross to peers regarding the competitions in scope of the Bill and related concerns around hybridity.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
Will write letters
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.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
Will write letters
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.
Will write letters
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Grey-Thompson regarding the need to include the Regulator within the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020.
Will write letters
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Wood regarding questions raised during the second reading related to the financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism.
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-I Marshalled list for Committee
Select Committee report
Eighth Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 22 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 21 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 20 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 19 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 18 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments – 15 November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41 Running list of amendments - 14 November 2024
Briefing papers
Football Governance Bill [HL]: HL Bill 41
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Football Governance Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 41 Explanatory Notes
Bill
HL Bill 41 (as introduced)