MPs call for English football’s regulator to have power to save FA Cup replays
MPs vote in favour of progressing the Football Governance BillCalls for regulator to have scope to amend parachute payments
MPs have called for the Independent Regulator for Football to have the scope to reintroduce replays to the FA Cup, amend the parachute payment system and to enforce an effective financial settlement between the Premier League and the EFL, as they voted in favour of progressing the Football Governance Bill.
The second reading of the bill was approved without a vote after a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday. MPs from all sides of the house spoke in favour of the bill, including Conservative MPs who said they had previously been opposed to regulation. A number of politicians, however, called on the government to go further in granting the regulator power to achieve financial stability for the football pyramid.
