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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Nice to see you, Ivan. My question is about the priorities and the fact that we are being asked to take on trust an awful lot of the stuff that is coming forward in regulation…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Carbon Capture and StorageI do not disagree that we should be investing in renewable energy, but why should we not do both?20 Oct 2021HANSARD Carbon Capture and StorageThank you very much for chairing this meeting, Mrs Miller, and huge thanks to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne) for securing the debate. I have to agree…20 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn a debate yesterday, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said as an aside that Northern Ireland would no longer be subject to the EU state aid…23 Sept 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersToo many people nowadays have to watch every single penny, and have to worry about where all the money to pay the bills will come from. Will the Secretary of State have a look at…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI honestly do not have a view on whether it is a good or bad thing. I am just utterly confused, because I do not think that the Government have the power to do it. I want to know…22 Sept 2021HANSARDCruise IndustryThank you very much for your excellent chairing of this debate, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith) for securing the debate. I think my…22 Sept 2021HANSARDCruise IndustryI absolutely agree, and I thought that the right hon. Gentleman’s speech was very thoughtful on that matter. He has really thought about the needs of his community. That is why I…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillIt is great to hear the thoughtful contributions from that Tory Bench, although not from the Treasury Bench, I hasten to add. The hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) and I…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillAbsolutely. If we as a country can suddenly renege on our international obligations and agreements, why cannot Scotland hold an independence referendum next week? The UK has…22 Sept 2021HANSARDCruise IndustryI am really pleased to hear about the focus on net zero and the amount that the Minister is able to say about what the cruise industry is doing; that is excellent. On the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDCruise IndustryThat is a really important point for a significant number of all of our constituents. The Minister has said that he has had talks and that things may be going forward, but if he…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillEven if that were in the Bill, I am concerned that it is not in the competence of this place to change that unilaterally without having a discussion with the European Union.22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that, in fact, the Bill does the opposite of levelling up, in that it refuses to allow anything to happen in disadvantaged areas that will disadvantage…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillPrinciple F rejects that, so which one has primacy? Which one is the most important? If they directly disagree with each other, is it more important that we can do what is said in…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillFreeports are not covered by the subsidy regime we are talking about today. They are a separate thing. I can say from the Back Benches that I am not particularly keen on…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillAbsolutely. We need to replicate the good things we had in the EU, the things that supported different areas. A system has been put in place to ensure that different parliamentary…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Works Sponsor BodyI just want to say a couple of things. First, I thank the outgoing member, the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds), who has done a great job, particularly in…22 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—21 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness without DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your advice because the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies), has just left the…21 Sept 2021