Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Uh, because, uh, there's been a lot of investigative journalism in the last few days into what has been going on in Manchester.

In September 2017, um, Burnham chairs the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

That's the big overarching body.

Uh, the agenda includes loans, 10 point, 10.5 million to New Little Mill, 20.5 million to Vesta Street.

Speaker, for everything to be set out in full.

It is why I asked the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in response to a call from the Leader of the Opposition and others, uh, to set out a full statement of my key dealings with the owners of Manchester City Football Club.

That statement was published on Monday, and it includes, uh, the issues in the news, uh, today, and that is the position.

Jack Abbott.

He had the meals with Khaldoon Al Mo- Al Mubarak in 2017 and 2018.

Uh, it was not detailed in a statement on Monday by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, um, because those records were deleted.

Uh, this, this is gonna end badly for Andy Burnham, I feel.

I really do feel it is.

He had the meals with Khaldoon Al Mub- Al Mubarak in 2017 and 2018.

Uh, it was not detailed in a statement on Monday by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, um, because those records were deleted.

Uh, this, this is gonna end badly for Andy Burnham, I feel.

I really do feel it is.

I'm very happy, Mr Speaker, for everything to be set out in full.

It is why I asked the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in response to a call from the Leader of the Opposition and others, to set out a full statement of my key dealings with the owners of Manchester City Football Club.

That statement was published on Monday.

And it includes the issues in the news today.

by the owners of Man City generally.

And given that part of his shtick is that he's a football-loving, blokesy man of the people, I think... any kind of, any association with what a lot of football fans will see as this sort of disease that's taken over football, I think is potentially a bit awkward for him.

And there is this story that, I think it was first in the Sun, but Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City Football Club's chairman, While he was mayor of Greater Manchester, but those two weren't included in a statement put out by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on Monday, where they said these were all of his meetings with the club and two of the dinners were left off.

And, you know, that sort of added to the sort of sense of, you know,

Now, it's understood that, uh, Burnham dined with, um, uh, Al Mubarak during those, that time, 2017 and 2018.

Um, but that information was not included in a statement that was issued on Monday by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, who have b- who was describing Burnham's meetings with the club.

Now, the, Burnham's facing quite a bit of scrutiny over the clarity of his earlier decisions or the, sorry, his discussions, I should say, with Manchester City following the club's conviction for systematically breaking the, um, Premier League rules, one which we know that Manchester City are going to appeal.

But- Public controversy has resurfaced when Burnham said that he would be really concerned if the club owners were to sell.

He said he'd be transparent, and it's been said, said he had a few meetings or one specific significant meeting.

Now it turns out, according to a now deleted register of interest at Greater Manchester Combined Authority on their website, that he had two meals, two dinners, uh, with, uh, with the owner.

Now, I mean, you, you don't have this in his- You don't have a dinner like that and not have that in your electronic diary, let alone a register-

Yeah