Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
Parliamentary Activity
Recent Debate Contributions
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Football Governance Bill [Lords]
07/07/2025 • Commons
As I tried to set out, my intention was simply to draw attention to whether the regulator has the power—it does not necessarily have to use it—to inte...
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will turn in a second to what the EFL can do now.
For all that the Minister has been helpful in explain...
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NHS 10-Year Plan
02/07/2025 • Commons
Let me say to the Secretary of State: well done. This is a really ambitious and excellent programme.
On the subject of cancer care, in the past few...
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
30/06/2025 • Commons
The changes to PIP, as far as they go, are very welcome, as is the review to be conducted by the Minister for Social Security and Disability, which wi...
Will my right hon. Friend give way?
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Tenth sitting)
16/06/2025 • Commons
Briefly, will the Minister look at something else directly related to the new clause, which is the safety of the grounds that players play at? Three y...
In the end, the Minister will advise us what the approach is likely to be. I hope she will at least keep a slightly open mind so that if she does not ...
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Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)
16/06/2025 • Commons
I am disappointed by the Minister’s response. She has generally been very helpful in trying to acknowledge concerns when they have been raised, and in...
Would the Minister not therefore give the regulator a discretionary power to decide when it should be implemented, after either one year or two years?...
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Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)
11/06/2025 • Commons
As the Minister said, we will come on to debate these issues later, but again, I just want to place it on the record that she has been really listenin...
This amendment would drive a coach and horses through the whole part of the Bill that deals with the proper distribution of football revenues. The sha...
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Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)
11/06/2025 • Commons
The Minister has taken a very sensible approach. I accept that accepting an amendment here and now, out of the blue, is not how Government operate; bu...
Is the Minister saying, then, that a club owner could sell the ground without even consulting the fans—just present it as a fait accompli—and then, be...
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Theft of Tools of Trade
10/06/2025 • Commons
I remind Members that they may speak in this debate only with permission in advance from the mover and the Minister, but they may intervene with the p...
Space Industry
10/06/2025 • Commons
We now move on to the Front-Bench speakers. I call Victoria Collins, for the Liberal Democrats.
Order. Five people want to speak and we have about 40 minutes before the wind-ups, so you can work out between yourselves roughly how long you have to...
Football Governance Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)
09/06/2025 • Commons
I will make just one more point—I think it is important that we understand precisely what this means. Clause 33 talks about an owner or club having a ...
I think the Minister and I are getting there. Obviously, the business plan and the source of funds come with a new owner and then continue. However, w...
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