Law · Government Bill
Bill 3832
Football Governance Act 2025
Original
Introduced
24 October 2024
Last action
21 July 2025 · Royal Assent
Status
Royal Assent
Sponsors
Baroness Twycross, Lisa Nandy
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
2 September 2025
Summary
A bill to establish the Independent Football Regulator; to make provision for the licensing of football clubs; to make provision about the distribution of revenue received by organisers of football competitions; and for connected purposes.
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Timeline
24 October 2024
1st reading
Lords · 1st reading
Source: Lords
13 November 2024
2nd reading
Lords · 2nd reading
Source: Lords
27 November 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
2 December 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
4 December 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
9 December 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
16 December 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
18 December 2024
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
15 January 2025
Committee stage
Lords · Committee stage
Source: Lords
11 March 2025
Report stage
Lords · Report stage
Source: Lords
17 March 2025
Report stage
Lords · Report stage
Source: Lords
26 March 2025
3rd reading
Lords · 3rd reading
Source: Lords
27 March 2025
1st reading
Commons · 1st reading
Source: Commons
28 April 2025
2nd reading
Commons · 2nd reading
Source: Commons
28 April 2025
Programme motion
Commons · Programme motion
Source: Commons
28 April 2025
Money resolution
Commons · Money resolution
Source: Commons
28 April 2025
Ways and Means resolution
Commons · Ways and Means resolution
Source: Commons
3 June 2025
Committee stage
Commons · Committee stage
Source: Commons
5 June 2025
Committee stage
Commons · Committee stage
Source: Commons
10 June 2025
Committee stage
Commons · Committee stage
Source: Commons
12 June 2025
Committee stage
Commons · Committee stage
Source: Commons
17 June 2025
Committee stage
Commons · Committee stage
Source: Commons
8 July 2025
Report stage
Commons · Report stage
Source: Commons
8 July 2025
3rd reading
Commons · 3rd reading
Source: Commons
15 July 2025
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Lords · Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Source: Lords
21 July 2025
Royal Assent
Unassigned · Royal Assent
Source: Unassigned
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
120 official files
Written evidence submitted by the Premier League (FGB02)
Written evidence · EN · 3 June 2025
Written evidence submitted by Fair Game (FGB01)
Written evidence · EN · 3 June 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 3 June 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 3 June 2025
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 3 June 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons · EN · 3 June 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 2 June 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 30 May 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 23 May 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 20 May 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 13 May 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 13 May 2025
Football Governance Bill: call for evidence
Press notices · EN · 30 April 2025
Football Governance Bill [HL] 2024-25
Briefing papers · EN · 9 April 2025
Memorandum from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Delegated Powers Memorandum · EN · 1 April 2025
Human Rights Memorandum
Human rights memorandum · EN · 1 April 2025
Bill 213 EN 2024-25 - large print
Explanatory Notes · EN · 27 March 2025
Bill 213 EN 2024-25
Explanatory Notes · EN · 27 March 2025
Bill 213 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
Bill · EN · 27 March 2025
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - large print
Bill · EN · 27 March 2025
Bill 213 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
Bill · EN · 27 March 2025
HL Bill 82 (as amended on Report)
Bill · EN · 17 March 2025
HL Bill 82 (as amended on Report)
Bill · EN · 17 March 2025
HL Bill 82 (as amended on Report)
Bill · EN · 17 March 2025
HL Bill 59-II Second Marshalled list for Report
Amendment Paper · EN · 13 March 2025
HL Bill 59-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper · EN · 10 March 2025
HL Bill 59-I Marshalled list for Report
Amendment Paper · EN · 7 March 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 6 March 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 6 March 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lords regarding the costs of regulation, as discussed during the Committee stage (sixth day) of the Bill: potential proportion of levy payments, compliance costs, value for money provisions.
Will write letters · EN · 6 March 2025
16th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Select Committee report · EN · 6 March 2025
16th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Select Committee report · EN · 6 March 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 5 March 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 4 March 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 3 March 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 3 March 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 27 February 2025
HL Bill 59 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
Amendment Paper · EN · 20 February 2025
HL Bill 59 (as amended in Committee)
Bill · EN · 16 January 2025
HL Bill 59 (as amended in Committee)
Bill · EN · 16 January 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Baroness Brady regarding clarification on whether the letter sent by the seven clubs following the meeting with the Secretary of State on 9 October was responded to, as discussed during the Committee stage.
Will write letters · EN · 14 January 2025
HL Bill 41-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 13 January 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Moynihan regarding appointments to the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), definition of a football season.
Will write letters · EN · 13 January 2025
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Mann regarding Solihull Moors Women's Football Team being unable to access a facility that they have been given grants by the Football Foundation to use.
Will write letters · EN · 19 December 2024
HL Bill 41-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 17 December 2024
HL Bill 41-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper · EN · 17 December 2024
HL Bill 41-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper · EN · 13 December 2024
HL Bill 41-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 12 December 2024
HL Bill 41-IV(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
Amendment Paper · EN · 6 December 2024
HL Bill 41-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 5 December 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to peers regarding the competitions in scope of the Bill and related concerns around hybridity.
Will write letters · EN · 4 December 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Lord Hayward regarding the cost of the Independent Football Regulator, safeguards o the Regulator's levy and cost of businesses, proportionality of the levy and of the regime.
Will write letters · EN · 3 December 2024
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 3 December 2024
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
Amendment Paper · EN · 28 November 2024
Letter from Baroness Twycross to Peers regarding points raised during the second reading, including proportionality and promoting success, competitions in scope of regulation, issues in scope of regulation, financial distributions 'backstop' mechanism and parachute payments, leveraged buyouts, cost of the regulator, and accountability to Parliament.
Will write letters · EN · 27 November 2024
Sponsors
- Baroness Twycross · Labour · Lords
- · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Department
- Lisa Nandy · Labour · Commons
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Sources
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- Official source: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3832
- Open data entity: https://bills-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Bills/3832
- uk · 3832 · source updated 2 September 2025