Baroness Taylor of Bolton
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 12 June 2005
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
14/07/2025 • Lords
Time is late, so I do not want to go through the whole history of Bolton Wanderers, but the noble Lord’s facts are not quite correct. What we are conc...
My Lords, I will say a few words in support of what the Minister said this evening. It is right that we talk a little about the new arrangements for m...
Independent Schools: Tax Changes
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will my noble friend say a little more about what is happening to school rolls? Is it not a fact that, because of the declining birth rate, ...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
17/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have tabled amendments asking that Parliament should fulfil its role of scrutinising regulators across the board. I am glad that, in this ...
My Lords, I want to say a few words, because the whole House acknowledges that the noble Lord, Lord Birt, is trying to be constructive here. He, with ...
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I just want to reassure the noble Baroness, who was unfortunately not able to attend the FA meeting yesterday, that the FA was very explicit...
My Lords, we have spent some seven days discussing the detail of the Bill, and I think this is probably the first time I can rise and say that I actua...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I want to say a few words on this amendment because I have a great deal of sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Addington, has been sayin...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
15/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am afraid that, although the hour is late, I cannot resist saying a few words about the suggestion that we should have a sunset clause. I ...
The noble Lord is almost suggesting that clubs of whatever size should not have a business plan. One of the things we want to encourage and develop is...
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
18/12/2024 • Lords
My Lords, I have listened very carefully to what the Minister said. I am very grateful to her for saying that she will consider some aspects further, ...
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
16/12/2024 • Lords
My Lords, I agree that many of us who are concerned about football could talk all night about football agents and the concerns that many people have a...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
09/12/2024 • Lords
My Lords, I will say just a word, because Amendment 72 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is included in this group. We ha...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
09/12/2024 • Lords
My Lords, I am very pleased there is such agreement about the importance of the “state of the game” report. The Minister has given some elements of re...
My Lords, there are quite a lot of amendments in this group, so I should say at the outset that I am trying to get assurances from the Minister on two...
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