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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillOr Labour supporters.09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillYes. Subsidy is not a regulated provision within the scope of the UK provisions. We are debating this in a future grouping, so we will no doubt be able to come back to it, but my…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThe internal market Act is of course a separate piece of legislation from the Subsidy Control Bill. I will pass on the noble Lord’s question, think about it and respond later or…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThe legislation is UK-wide so it will apply in Northern Ireland but, clearly, the absence of the Assembly will make it extremely challenging to get the Executive’s consent.…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, in particular, and all noble Lords who participated in this brief debate. I do not think there is a huge disagreement between us on this. The…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI said that it was a different regime but was pointing out the number of times that subsidy has been recovered since 1999. My point is that it is not a frequent occurrence. I…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt’s interesting stuff, this. I suspect that the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, is not going to get an invitation to an investiture. Anyway, the ownership of the Duchy of Cornwall is…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI have had some expert advice from the Whips here. I thank the noble Lords for Amendments 73A, 74A and 74B, the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, for Amendment 75, and the noble Lord,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI think that is the first time the Liberal Democrats have proposed giving the Government more secondary legislation powers, but I understand the noble Lord’s point. As I said, I…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillAs the noble Lord, Lord McNicol suggested, we explored this point fully last week. There are good reasons for it. If it is a tax subsidy, the full amount might not be clear. It…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I thank the noble lord, Lord McNicol for this amendment, and the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for speaking to it. I also thank the contributions of other noble Lords—and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, before I speak to the detail of these amendments, this is perhaps a good opportunity to update the Committee on our progress in seeking legislative consent for the Bill,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I am pleased to say that we are now on the final group of amendments. I have made it through thanks to the supply of copious quantities of cough lozenges, so I thank…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A.09 Feb 2022HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, before turning to the substance of the amendment, I thought it would be a good time to address briefly the other major milestone in the creation of ARIA that we have…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I trust that it will be acceptable to your Lordships for me to pick up exactly where we were cut off in our prime on Monday, which noble Lords will be gratified to know…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillNo, my understanding, on advice, is that it does not form a provision under the internal market Act.09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI will have to look back at those remarks myself. It is possible that I was misinterpreted at the time, but I will have a look and come back to the noble Lord.09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI think that speaks for itself. I stand by those words.09 Feb 2022