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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I have a few questions about the clause. It would be helpful if the Minister could lay out what he expects the timeline to be for these requirements. The minimal financial…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)In writing would be absolutely fine—if that is by email, I am happy to receive it electronically. It would be helpful if the Minister could write to us to confirm what “written”…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister said that the letters are allowed to be sent by electronic means. Can I clarify that the written records kept by enterprises are also allowed to be electronic?02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister specifically mentioned agricultural subsidies. Agriculture is devolved to the Scottish Parliament—it is a Scottish parliamentary competency—but he is suggesting that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I disagree with the comments of the hon. Member for Aberavon. Clearly, I think that Scotland should be able to make its own decisions and have its own regime. In fact, I think it…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The very nature of natural disasters is that they do not occur across the entirety of the UK in one go. Let us hope a natural disaster does not occur across the whole of the UK in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman said that it is almost certain—probable, at least—that the Secretary of State would do so, but it is not certain. The amendment allows an actual mechanism for…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)That is nothing to do with the subject of this amendment, which is specifically about the devolved Administrations being able to ask. If the Secretary of State wishes to declare a…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)It would be useful to know where the notice is likely to be published. Will the Minister commit to considering whether the notice could be on the subsidy control database in some…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)It was about whether that information would be on the subsidy control database website.02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)It would be useful to know how widely national security is defined. Are we talking about subsidies specifically relating to, for example, new military equipment, or to much more…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Member for Sefton Central used the quote I was going to use from the Secretary of State, who was really pretty clear that the new subsidy control regime that we are…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I appreciate the Minister being so indulgent in giving way. Are there any circumstances in which an organisation—an enterprise that is given a subsidy or a public authority giving…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I have not had a chance to think about exactly how not having the clause as part of the Bill would affect the Bill as a whole. I share the concerns, that there are major issues…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I would just like to ask why.02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)It is nice to be here again, Mr Sharma. Thank you for chairing the Committee. This is an important part of the Bill. It is vital that the database is as full as possible and that…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Who decides whether the information is complete and that the clock has started, or does that happen only in the event of a challenge? How does somebody who is challenging know…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I will speak to not only amendment 35, but amendments 32 and 33. I want to address the logic behind the amendments. It is impossible to overstate the importance of the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I was talking specifically about minimal financial assistance and the cumulative impact. An organisation cannot have more than £315,000 over a three-year period before it has to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Does the Minister feel that his rejection of amendment 33 renders the cumulative provisions of clause 36 unworkable? How will anyone know that somebody has received cumulative…02 Nov 2021