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Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Eleventh Special Report - Football Governance: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report

Published 26 September 2023

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Ninth Report - Football Governance.

This is the government's response, published 26 September 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's report and remains "committed to legislating" to put the Independent Football Regulator on a statutory footing "as soon as parliamentary time allows".

  • On a shadow regulator by the end of 2023, it says a formal transition team operating in shadow form "would require Second Reading of a Bill to have taken place", though preparatory work is happening "regardless".
  • It agrees that the Regulator should set fan engagement standards independently of the Premier League Fan Engagement Standard and the football industry more broadly.
  • On equality, diversity and inclusion, it "notes and supports" the calls for further action but says the Regulator will focus on financial sustainability, so wider issues are "best placed to be led by industry".
  • On revenue sharing, it has a "strong preference" for a football-led solution, but says the Regulator will need statutory powers to intervene "as a last resort" if football fails to reach an agreement.

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