Part of Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 17 October 2024.
The Sports Minister, my hon. Friend Stephanie Peacock, will be absolutely delighted to do so. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend Yuan Yang and to the three Reading MPs for their work to protect something that is so incredibly important to their town. I know from my experience of the work we had to do to save Wigan Athletic that when a football club is under threat from mismanagement or poor ownership, it is absolutely devastating for the generations of fans for whom the club is part of their civic inheritance. We look forward to introducing the football governance Bill without any further delay and to working with my hon. Friend and colleagues to ensure that we introduce the strongest possible protections to put fans back at the heart of the game, where they belong.