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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)On the point the Minister made in relation to “competition or investment” and the disparity between that and “trade or investment”, if the Opposition amendment referred to “trade…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you for chairing this afternoon’s meeting, Mr Sharma. I have a brief comment about the omission of the power set out in amendment 56. I would appreciate it if the Minister…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister is attempting to explain why the Government have explicitly included one of the principles, but not the other principle. It seems to me, if one principle is included,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I am baffled by this Government amendment. It seems to be directly opposite to what the Opposition moved. The Opposition were concerned that one of the principles was mentioned in…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the Minister agree that it is likely that the SAU will have internal working definitions of what is “acceptable” or “deficient”, and that it is likely to say that to the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)My other question was about the definition of “particular interest”, or “interest”. Subsidies of particular interest will be mandatorily referred, as we have already agreed, but…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I have two questions. I would have expected that “particular interest” would cover anything that does not meet chapters 1 and 2 of part 2 anyway, so it would be nice if the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I have spent years looking at education reports and care inspectorate reports. There are criteria for giving marks and a particular language is used—something is good, poor or…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I agree with the hon. Lady. My concern, which I mentioned briefly when talking about the amendment, is that subsection (1) is not flexible enough. It mentions particular interests…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)So the principle has been removed from clause 62 but is being kept under clause 60? Is that correct? There is no Government amendment to remove that provision from clause 60, but…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I will not press this amendment to a vote at this stage, but I might bring it back at a later stage. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Specifically regarding the process, and what might happen in terms of subsidies of interest and subsidies of particular interest, does the Minister agree that this is going to be…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 28, in clause 52, page 28, line 10, at end insert— “(c) where the granting authority for a subsidy scheme is the Government department responsible for the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a quick question for the Minister, which he does not have to answer now. I would appreciate it if he could consider when a streamlined subsidy scheme is being published and…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to raise specific concerns about the first part of this amendment—I am not concerned about the amendment, but I have concerns relating to the first part of it, which is…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a few questions. Are there any circumstances in which a subsidy given under a subsidy scheme could be considered of interest or of particular interest where the scheme…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)It is no wonder that I was confused by what the Minister said. He was speaking to clause 55 and I was looking at clause 56. Apologies.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I was going to ask a question about this clause, and the Minister has managed to make me even more confused. Subsection (1) states: “A public authority may request a report from…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I stand as a proud representative of the nation of Scotland to make a brief speech on amendment 52. The powers that are suggested under clause 55 are limited powers. They are not…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)If an enterprise in Northern Ireland is given a subsidy, and that enterprise has competition in or trades with both Scotland and Ireland, which regime does it need to comply with…02 Nov 2021