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HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Fourth sitting)May I check that an alternative amendment could have been to change the last word in subsection (3)(g) to “relevant” rather than “appropriate”, which would mean that the Secretary…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to be able to take part in this Committee. Thank you very much for your excellent work in chairing today’s sitting, Ms Fovargue. I have just been on the Subsidy…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I am a bit confused by the Minister’s comments on paragraph (d). He seemed to suggest that the CMA’s report may not talk about where local authorities’ assessments require…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I have just a couple of points to make. We have already raised a number of concerns about the limitations of the transparency that will be provided, particularly on the subsidies…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)May I ask the Minister—sorry if I missed it—to say explicitly whether he would expect the CMA to consult the devolved Administrations in the preparation of the five-year report?16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I have a couple of other comments and suggestions. The laying before Parliament is, as has been said, a limited way in which parliamentarians can interact with the report. It is…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for her indulgence. There is no need for me to speak to the amendments, but I wholeheartedly support them. The Scottish National party will back them…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)Does the hon. Member agree that it is very difficult for us to know what is coming up in the CAT unless we are looking at its website on a regular basis, so the transparency that…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)I am really glad that the CAT is so open and transparent. It should therefore not be that difficult for the CMA to put in its annual report the results of all the recovery orders…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)The Bill states: “a person whose interests may be affected by the giving of the subsidy”. The hon. Member’s interests would not be affected by the giving of the subsidy, his…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)No, the hon. Gentleman would not be an interested party, because the Bill states that an interested party is “a person whose interests may be affected by the giving of the subsidy…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)I have just one more thing to add on this. Clause 65 covered monitoring and reporting on subsidy control, and the five-year report that will be published. Does the hon. Member…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister has made the clarification to say that it includes responsibilities. Obviously, the devolved Administrations have responsibilities for lots of things in various…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister has not really answered the key question that would be helpful in order to ensure that interested parties are as broad as the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton and I…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)It would be useful if the Minister clarified how recovery orders are made public and how we can find that information.16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Tenth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 31 in clause 71, page 40, line 36, leave out ‘one month’ and insert ‘6 months’. This amendment allows CAT referrals a longer period to be made. This…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)That is a hugely helpful clarification. If parliamentarians or anyone else do not believe that the data included in the annual report is transparent enough, the Minister is open…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I apologise—I did not make myself clear. When I talk about a lighter-touch report, I am talking not specifically about the amendments but about the fact that there should be a…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I want to address a few things that have been mentioned. It is absolutely the case that clause 66 requires annual reporting, but that annual reporting is on a very limited number…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)Thank you, Mr Sharma, for your dedication in chairing the Committee, no matter how much we talk. It is appreciated that you continue to show up. Amendment 29 would work in…16 Nov 2021