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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Kirkhill (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 22 January 2007.


Gambling: Football

Question
My Lords, I put it to the Minister that my noble friend Lord Foulkes is correct in emphasising that the Government are interpreting a piece of EU legislation in a certain way. Other countries do not always take that stance. The outcome is certainly deleterious to the United Kingdom’s smaller football clubs.
Answer

My Lords, as we have made clear to Football DataCo, the creation of any new intellectual property right would require strong and full justification and it would be very difficult for the Government to open up the whole case of the directive again to achieve agreement between other members of the European Union.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
688 c896 
Session
2006-07
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Databases Betting Bookmakers Copyright Finance EU law Football Intellectual property
Legislation
Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997
Link
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