{"value":{"id":1751918,"askingMemberId":924,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","uin":"HL3691","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what is the meaning is of “exercises a higher degree of influence or control over” club, as set out as part of the proposed Owners’ and Directors’ test in Clause 3(2)(b) of the Football Governance Bill.","answeringBodyId":217,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4966,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>A club’s ultimate owner is defined as the owner who has the highest degree of influence or control over the activities of the club.</p><p>A club can have more than one ultimate owner if those owners - all have the same degree of influence or control.</p><p>The definition of “significant influence or control” by owners will be set out in Secretary of State guidance, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Football","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1751918","method":"GET"}]}