A Bill to require professional and semi-professional football clubs in England to disclose the identity of their owners; to give the Football Association powers to block the ownership of a club by anyone whom they consider is not a fit and proper person; to require all creditors of a football club to be compensated equally should the club go into administration; to facilitate the raising by supporters’ organisations of the finance required to acquire a controlling stake in a football club; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
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The Football Governance Bill would require professional and semi-professional football clubs in England to reveal who owns them. It would give the Football Association powers to block owners it judges unfit, ensure equal treatment of creditors if a club goes into administration, and make it easier for supporters' organisations to raise money to buy a controlling stake.
The bill reached its 2nd Reading in the House of Commons in November 2014; no further stages are shown in the provided information.
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7 Jul 2014
7 Nov 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was stood over at its second reading on 7 November 2014 because fewer than 40 MPs were present.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
