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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)This is one of the issues that has frustrated me most about the entire Brexit thing: a whole bunch of left-wing Brexiteers thought that these subsidies would be allowed in the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)The concerns I raised on principle F of schedule 1 are very similar to the ones being raised here. The Government have an intention here, but the clause will not achieve that…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister has made a good case on subsidies for the purpose of regeneration, but that is not stated in the clause. At no point is it stated that the regenerative ideals or…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to be part of this Committee. I wonder whether the Minister could explain a little more the logic behind the exclusions. I have read the explanatory notes, and…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)Just to clarify, is the logic that the devolved Administrations and the Houses of Parliament can continue to give subsidies in primary legislation, and that is why an exclusion,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I have a couple of questions. I am aware of social enterprises in Aberdeen that make and sell frames or make bread and run cafés and things like that. It sounds as if that would…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)May I ask the Minister for some clarity on that? He says that he expects that more information about principle A will come out in guidance. Does he expect that that will encourage…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)One more try on this. Does the Minister expect that the Government’s levelling-up agenda will be part of the direction of travel in the guidance, so that the guidance will…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)Does the Minister agree that this is the most important thing for every single one of us? Whether people are regenerating high streets or doing anything else, they should be…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)For the avoidance of doubt, my colleague and I support amendments 7 and 8, which are both incredibly sensible. As is quite often the case in Bill Committees, I wish I had thought…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I got so carried away with my attempts to convince the Government to get to net zero as soon as possible that I forgot to ask questions when I stood up previously. It would be…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to take part in the Committee’s proceedings with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. I want to say a couple of things. I agree with almost everything that the hon. Member…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the Minister think it possible that some of the streamlined subsidy schemes that will be made are likely to encroach on devolved areas, even though they are being made for…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)Principle G absolutely does help, but it does not fix the problem. Ensuring that the positive effects outweigh the negative effects is good and grand, but comparing a windfarm in…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)If, for example, an offshore wind farm is built off the coast of Teesside, rather than off the coast of Aberdeenshire, because of the subsidy regime that is in place, that is, by…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I would like to ask a few questions, particularly about principle F in schedule 1, which says: “Subsidies should be designed to achieve their specific policy objective while…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)The Minister is doing a good job of explaining what is intended by some of this, putting some meat on it, which is helpful. Will he explain what environmental protection means?28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 17, in clause 13, page 7, line 30, leave out “in relation to energy and environment”. This amendment would require public authorities to consider energy…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Just to come back on what the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton said, business rates are already devolved in Scotland. We already have a more generous system of allowances. People…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)To flip that on its head, if the Minister expects and hopes that the regime will be implemented in autumn 2022, will he confirm that he also expects and hopes that the regulations…28 Oct 2021