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FIFA

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of Sepp Blatter’s re-appointment as FIFA President, the PMS said that our view was that we needed to see greater accountability and transparency at FIFA. The organisation needed to reform. We backed the Football Association (FA) in abstaining from the vote and we agreed with the FA that FIFA should have suspended the Presidential election until the investigations which were underway had been completed. The most important thing in all of this was that the public had confidence in FIFA and in order for that to happen, certainly in this country, we needed FIFA to reform.

Asked if the Government had had any contact with the FA before they made their statement, the PMS said that the Sports Minister had had lots of conversations with the FA. People should speak to the Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) about precisely when they happened.

Asked if the Sports Minister also had contact with the Palace, the PMS said it was best to speak to DCMS.

Asked if it was appropriate for Prince William to get involved, the PMS said that lots of people had expressed views on FIFA and the Presidential election, and we had been doing the same.

Put that it would be astonishing for a member of the Royal Family to get involved without speaking to Government, the PMS said that Prince William had been involved in the World Cup bid and clearly had an interest in this area. We agreed with what he and others had been saying, that FIFA needed to reform itself and get its house in order.

Put that some people would be concerned that Prince William was being used, the PMS said that he thought people were concerned about FIFA and the allegations that had been made about what had been happening there.

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