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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I confess that I am somewhat surprised by the Minister’s comments. Does he feel that all guidance is an invitation to the Secretary of State to effectively legislate through…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. As I set out, we recognise the importance of this power. We were not seeking to remove the power to void—for transactions to be deemed void.…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for the excellent remarks he is making. Is his experience of small and medium enterprises in Ilford South the same as mine in Newcastle, in that they…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent point about Brexit, but I will not test the Committee’s patience on that. As for the changing forms and the requirements on SMEs, does my…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I rise to give some thoughts on clause 14 stand part, but will also refer to the amendment proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South. Clause 14 is a critical part of…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 12, page 8, line 4, leave out from “does” to end of line 11 and insert “establishes that arrangements are in progress or contemplation which,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)Let me clarify. Clause 13(1) states: “A notifiable acquisition that is completed without the approval of the Secretary of State is void.” It is void at the time it is completed,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to explain myself better. The question is not about what the Secretary of State can do, because I clearly understand that he cannot act on what he is not aware of. The fact…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg, and to see the Committee reconvened to debate this important Bill. On Tuesday, we had a lively, informative and generally…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. He is aware of the Opposition’s concerns about the voluntary notification procedure. I shall not repeat what he has said, and we recognise…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank all the hon. Members for their contributions, and the Minister for his remarks and his good humoured response to the interrogation on certain parts of this important…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for his promise to write to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test. The Minister mentioned on a number of occasions that a transaction is no longer…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am somewhat confused. The Minister is saying that clause 14(4) in its entirety is unnecessary, because those things are already prescribed. Will he set out in more detail where…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)My understanding is that it becomes void at the point when the transaction is completed. At some point after that, the Secretary of State gives a retrospective validation, but…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. I want to make it clear that we are not in any way indicating any criticism of the civil servants who have worked hard, in extremely…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetI thank the Minister for the good-natured way in which he is addressing our concerns, but I want to ask him about the commitment to universal gigabit broadband. Does it remain,…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue. I want to thank the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) for calling the debate. It has been a…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetThe hon. Gentleman shows an understanding of network competition that I rarely find in this House. I can only agree with him that it is necessary to have effective separation. If…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Broadband Roll-out: Devon and SomersetI really am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that timely intervention. I meant to say that I felt for the experience, but I am keen to feel the actual experience in the gorgeous…02 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again, Sir Graham. Amendment 1 would make it obligatory for the Secretary of State to include certain matters in the statement…01 Dec 2020