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HANSARDCovid-19: Small BusinessesMy noble friend makes an important point, and I hope that councils, in particular, being part of the public sector, will be sympathetic to the plight of many small businesses at…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Small BusinessesThe noble Baroness makes an important point, but we have paid out more than £11 billion to more than 900,000 small businesses, and some small businesses that are ineligible for…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Small BusinessesThe noble Lord is right to say that these schemes are essentially short-term but we are doing an awful lot to kick-start the economy. The Prime Minister has referred to the need…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Small BusinessesI totally agree with the noble Lord’s sentiments. As he is probably aware, we have launched a fundamental review of business rates, which will build on the changes that we are…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Small BusinessesMy Lords, the Government have introduced an unprecedented and comprehensive package of financial support, with a total fiscal response of close to £200 billion. The measures…29 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, it does not mean that the requirement is to be treated as though it never had any legal effect. Rather, it allows the continued operation of the requirement, except to the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDClean Growth FundThe noble Lord makes a good point—we should indeed seek to clean up our environment as much as possible—but, as I said, that is not the purpose of this fund, which is to invest in…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank noble Lords for the brevity of their contributions, particularly given the late hour, and I shall endeavour—they shall be pleased to hear—to match that brevity. We think…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everybody who has contributed to what has been, as always in this House, a fascinating debate, ranging far and wide, from cattle droving in the 1700s, through to the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not think the noble and learned Lord is correct in his assumption, but it is a detailed legal point, so I will take further advice and reply to him in writing.28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt may be helpful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, who I know is interested, if I return to a question he asked on the previous group—the vexed question of coal and the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 82, I shall speak also to Amendments 83 and 85 to 88 in my name. Clause 20 provides the test for assessing whether a regulatory requirement is…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thought my comments might provoke a reaction from the noble Lord. Of course, there are EU common standards in many areas as well as EU minimum standards in many areas, and it is…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everyone who has spoken in what has been another excellent debate. Most of the points have been valid. I will disagree with many of them but noble Lords made their points…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I have a sense of déjà vu about this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Liddle, will well remember our debates on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. These amendments relate to…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill28 Oct 2020HANSARDClean Growth FundMy Lords, the £40 million Clean Growth Fund was launched in May 2020 as a commercially run venture capital fund managed by Clean Growth Investment Management. The fund manager has…28 Oct 2020