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Safe Standing at Football Matches

Gazza said:
If they are against it then let pool not have safe standing ... they are not the authority due to a genuine tragedy.
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The joke is, they are saying this is their opinion for football in general (i.e. everybody else), but if it's regarding safe seating at Anfield, well they'll need another vote.
 
Forcing MPs to consider. That's not really forcing anything. They can consider and decide against a debate, while many of the petitions get debated without reaching the 100k.

The strong areas for signatures are Merseyside, Manchester and the surrounds. Norwich and Saudi Sportswashing Machine show strong support. Not so many votes in London with Tottenham being lower than surrounding constituencies.
 
The Government’s response to this petition has changed. This change was made on Tuesday 12 June 2018.

This is because the Petitions Committee (the group of MPs who oversee the petitions system) did not think that the Government’s first response was satisfactory, because it did not give any explanation for the Government’s view.

The Committee wrote to the Government to ask for a new response which answered the petition more fully.

You can read the Government’s new response here:
UK Government and Parliament

Closed petitionAllow Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing
Safe Standing offers a much safer alternative to fans who wish to stand, rather than sit at football matches. After the highly successful introduction to rail seating at Celtic Park, as well as numerous Bundesliga clubs, many football fans feel that laws preventing standing areas should be relaxed.

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Some football clubs that already have successfully installed rail seating are: Celtic, Werder Bremen, Hamburg SV, Vfl Wolfsburg, Hannover 96 and the famous “yellow wall” at Borussia Dortmund.

In conclusion, there is a clear demand for safe standing with 92% of respondents saying fans should be given the choice to stand in safe standing areas, in a poll by the Football Fans Census, and it would only promote English football further by improving the overall matchday experience.

This petition is closedAll petitions run for 6 months

112,026 signatures

100,000

Parliament will debate this petition
Parliament will debate this petition on 25 June 2018.

You'll be able to watch online at parliamentlive.tv

Government responded
We are looking at the current all-seater policy and any changes that may be needed. We are keen to carefully review all the evidence on the matter and are grateful for the engagement from fans.
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LemonadeMoney said:
That means we've got an expensive fit out of normal seats for only one season? Wonder if we can get an exemption and put them in now?
Guess the normal seats are already on site now anyway.
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I feel like we're future proofed and realistically just add some compatible 'rails' between the rows of seats.
 
Parliament debated the petition you signed – “Allow Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing”

Watch the debate: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7860c4f1-7b1e-49da-84c8-5ffe5917515f

Read the transcript: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commo...5-4E2D-8F3E-1D7FF3838818/FootballSafeStanding

Read the research: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2018-0147

The petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/207040

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament
 
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