Peer calls for ban on foreign ownership of English football clubs and F1 teams

British motor racing team McLaren F1 is primarily owned by the royal family of Bahrain. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock

The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Scriven has called on the government to address and potentially ban the foreign ownership of English football clubs and sporting organisations.

Lord Scriven also accused the chief executive of Formula One, Stefano Domenicali, of arrogance and damaging the reputation of the sport by failing to address issues around sportswashing, in a debate held in the House of Lords on Thursday.