Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Ninth Report - Football Governance
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
HC 1288
Published 30 June 2023
Recommendations
7
Rejected
Para 32
Ensure substantive EDI measures are included in the new Code for Football Governance
Recommendation
We recommend that, while in shadow form, IREF should look to existing corporate governance codes and work with stakeholders to ensure that substantive EDI measures are included in the new Code for Football Governance.
Government Response Summary
The government supports calls for EDI but rejects the recommendation for the Regulator (IREF) to include substantive EDI measures in the Code for Football Governance, stating that these wider issues are best led by the industry.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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8
Rejected
Empower IREF to mandate EDI Action Plans as club licensing conditions
Recommendation
We are concerned that the Government has ignored recommendations to include EDI Action Plans for clubs and oversight of these plans within IREF’s remit. We believe that IREF would be well placed to receive and publish standardised data on compliance …
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Government Response Summary
The government rejects the recommendation to give IREF authority to mandate and assess EDI Action Plans, stating that the Regulator's primary purpose is financial sustainability and wider EDI issues are best led by the industry.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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