Alison McGovern – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to adopt the measures contained in the Football Governance Bill.

Mrs Helen Grant

In recent years, the football authorities have introduced greater independence to the FA’s main Board, stricter rules around club ownership, and improved financial transparency and reporting rules to ensure clubs are sustainably run.

Government is allowing the football authorities more time to make the necessary reforms to the game themselves