Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he proposes to take on the Report of the Chester Committee of Inquiry into Football.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the thoroughness with which Mr. Chester and his Committee have carried out their inquiry. Their wide-ranging recommendations merit the most careful consideration by all responsible for the organisation, management, finance and administration of Association Football in Great Britain. I can assure my hon. Friend that the Government, for their part, will be examining in detail those recommendations which concern it. These relate to important matters of principle and the examination may take some time. I cannot, of course, predict what the outcome will be.