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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I have a couple of points on this amendment, and I want to give it my wholehearted backing. I agree that the devolved Administrations should be consulted on these regulations. I…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the shadow Minister agree that because the clause deals specifically with schemes of interest and of particular interest, it is pretty unlikely that a situation will arise…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I think that, actually, schedule 2 does provide some environmental protections; I am quite comfortable in saying that. It does not do everything I would have wanted it to do. It…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister, the Opposition and the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton for their comments. I agree that this amendment is not the best possible way of achieving our aim,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Is the hon. Member’s concern about streamlined subsidy schemes that he does not believe the Welsh Senedd has enough Members to agree to such schemes?28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I have a quick question on subsection (7), which says that a direction given under subsections (4) or (6) must “be laid before Parliament” and “be published in whatever manner the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Specifically on that point, if the Minister does not mind, does “laid before Parliament” mean a written statement or does it mean regulation? I am confused. If he does not have an…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Specifically on the words “must be published”, I would be keen to know how the Government might publish the direction. I am not asking the Minister to tie himself down, but I want…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)It does, thank you.26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (First sitting)Q My questions focus particularly on chapter 3, which is about the subsidy database and transparency. Do you have any idea what the logic is behind the tax entries in the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a couple of questions. In the event that BEIS is the granting authority, the only person, realistically, who can make a referral to the CMA to look at it is the Minister,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Okay. Perfect. You are in the unusual position where you represent both those people who may receive subsidies and those who may challenge subsidies. Do you feel that the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Nokes, and thank you, Minister. Dr Barker, you seemed to say that pretty much all of the subsidies should be declared—that there should be transparency about all…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (First sitting)Q Professor Rickard, you mentioned the subsidy database that there is already. I have had a bit of a look at that. Do you think that it is a model for how we should take this…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (First sitting)Q To follow that up, probably with Mr Pope, it says specifically that indirect subsidies are to be included. In the event that an indirect subsidy occurs, who is responsible for…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (First sitting)Q I have two questions, but the first one is a yes/no answer. The first is: has COSLA been consulted on what the forthcoming guidance is likely to say? The second question is for…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Just one more on that. Are you aware that about one 10th of the subsidies on the UK subsidies website are from Scotland? About 50 of the 500 are Scottish subsidies. Scotland,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q That is helpful. I have a couple of additional questions following on from Stephen Kinnock’s question about the Northern Ireland protocol. We have heard already that granting…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q You spoke about the generalities of where it says Secretary of State quite regularly in the Bill, Daniel. Clause 70 specifically talks about interested parties and those people…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Another additional question on that—the other thing that has concerned me, as well as a number of the witnesses today, is the amount of stuff that is in regulation and guidance,…26 Oct 2021