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HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, the Bill as introduced to the House added ARIA to the lists of reserved bodies within the three devolution Acts. That approach would have conferred on ARIA the same…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy apologies—we shared it with those who had contributed to the debate on the subject previously. In retrospect, we should perhaps have shared it more widely; we will now do so.…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank Members who have contributed to this brief debate. I am disappointed that the noble Lord, Lord Browne, did not exercise us again with his Daily Telegraph subscription,…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her comments and for stepping so ably into the breach to represent my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe in her amendment. It is…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, the Government have brought forward Amendments 35, 36, 44, 45, 46 and 48 in response to your Lordships’ Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee’s report on the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillBecause it is a fairly new and exciting agency doing new things. I suppose we will have to disagree on that. There is no point and nothing to be gained by doing otherwise. In…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillCertainly I apologise to the noble Baroness if she interpreted my remarks as mocking: I was not at all implying that. I was just pointing out that we are still in the process of…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for tabling these amendments and for the discussions so far. I will not comment at length, given the discussions that we had…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank noble Lords for their comments. First, on the agreement, the text has been agreed by Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I thought it best to share it as…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI start with Amendment 24 from the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, Amendment 32A from the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, and Amendment 39 from the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones,…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI can assure the noble Lord that people need no invitation from me to table FoI requests to my department. They are well capable of doing it. I think some people already have…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI can be very brief, because I do not have a lot to add to what I said earlier, beyond acknowledging to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, that it might have been helpful for me to write a…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillAmendments 38, 41 and 43 are consequential on the omission of Clause 10 from the Bill and the narrowing of the power we talked about earlier to make consequential amendments…22 Nov 2021