Football: Ownership
Commons · Question 75151 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made provision for the ability of the Independent Football Regulator to require an owner to divest from a club to be subject to (a) Ministerial oversight and (b) parliamentary scr
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 15 Sep 2025
The Football Governance Act establishes an operationally independent regulator. The Act does not provide for any ongoing ministerial or parliamentary role in the IFR’s ownership tests. This is to stop undue political interference in football.