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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to tease out some information from the Minister. He used the phrase “risk-based scrutiny”, but I get no sense of what, if there is abuse of a scheme, the mechanism is to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)It is an example of why scrutiny is required in this legislation.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)We have debated the amendment and the need for the change to this clause. We have tested the will of the Committee already and will not oppose clause stand part. Question put and…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I think he is trying to intervene. I would not take an intervention from him anyway, because he does not wear a mask. I rise to reiterate our concern about the lack of…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman is wearing a mask, so I will give way.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Ms Nokes. On that basis, it will probably not be wise to take the interventions. I am using these things as an example of the ruling party’s attempts to remove…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I suspect that more than one party would be very interested in repeating those remarks multiple times, certainly in two of the nations of this country. They are called nations…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman missed the point I was making, but there we go. It is entirely appropriate, given that the regime is a four-nation regime, that the four nations have…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman does not have a mask on, so I will not. He will be able to make a speech afterwards, as I think one of his colleagues said. The devolved nations of the United…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman is wearing a mask, so I will give way.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I was not entirely clear which clause the hon. Member for Aberdeen North was speaking to. We are still on clause 55 stand part—but it was a very good speech on the next clause, so…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I do not think that we got an answer to my question. There is still the concern that if the Secretary of State says no and there are legitimate concerns in the three nations,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Member for Aberdeen North correctly made the point that the amendment asks for a limited set of powers. I set that out using the evidence. We should follow the evidence…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Just because the Government keep winning the votes, which they always will do because they have a majority in Parliament and therefore on the Committee, that is not a reason for…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister did not answer the hon. Lady’s question, so maybe he can do that after I finish my summing up, which will not take much longer. We will push the amendment to a vote,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 59(4)(a) uses the phrase “amend subsection (1), (2) or (3) to make provision about the content of the CMA’s report”. The Minister used the terms “text” and “content”…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Of course, they will all want to intervene—04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)We have concerns about the way the clause allows the Secretary of State to use regulations to affect the content and form of CMA reports. This is a question of the CMA’s…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)There is a monumental lack of scrutiny in the clause that should not be allowed to continue, so we will oppose it.04 Nov 2021