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MPS COME OUT IN FORCE TO SUPPORT SUPPORTERS DIRECT
MPs are coming out in force to support Supporters Direct’s lobby of Parliament, taking place next Tuesday afternoon, 5th February, at 16:00.
Some 60 MPs are already pledged to attend, including the Shadow Minister for Scotland, Solicitor General, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, a Government Whip, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
There has also been significant interest from other groups and organisations, both within the trust movement and outside.
The lobby is to call for the swift implementation of two of the major parts of the reform agenda, both of which the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee today backed, and called for legislation to force the FA to act if they don’t implement them.
1. That The FA needs to include a rule as part of the new football club licensing arrangements that guarantees a Structured Relationship between supporters and clubs; and
2. That DCMS needs to establish the Government Expert Group before the beginning of next season (2013/2014) to explore methods of removing barriers to increased collective supporter share ownership in their football clubs.
A spokesman for SD said,
“The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has backed our call for these changes in its report today. Whilst there are many who doubt that government will ever legislate to force reform, we’re intent on pressing home how critical it is to get these two major reforms done. They don’t need a special process, or any legislation or new system to be introduced. The agreement is there. Let’s get on and implement them.”
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