Football Governance Bill begins Lords committee stage

The Football Governance Bill seeks to establish an independent football regulator and introduce a licensing system for football clubs as part of a new regulatory regime for men’s football in England. 

Line by line examination 

Committee stage is a thorough examination of the individual parts (clauses) of the bill.

Starting from the front of the bill, members work through the clauses in order, considering changes (amendments) to the wording or proposals for new clauses.

Three days of committee stage have been scheduled so far:

• Wednesday 27 November
• Monday 2 December
• Wednesday 4 December

Proposed changes   

Members speaking on day one of committee stage have put forward amendments  to the bill on subjects including:

• the value of football stadiums to the local community
• responsibility of clubs to consider their impact on society and the environment
• clubs controlled by state actors such as heads of state, diplomats and lobbyists.

Get involved

Watch and read the debate

Watch the debate live on Parliament TV from 3.45pm or read the Lords Hansard transcript, available from three hours after the debate.

Explore further information 

Find out more about the bill in the House of Lords Library briefing. 

What's happened so far?

Second reading, a full debate on the key principles of the bill, took place on Wednesday 13 November.

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