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HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020I understand the point my noble friend makes, but I think that the provisions are fairly well known and understood in the insolvency profession. There is a wide circle of people…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020As the noble Lord observed, the measures have been in place for only a few weeks. One company has taken advantage of them, but it is an option for companies and the monitors if…29 Jul 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020My Lords, the Government are monitoring feedback from the insolvency industry on how the new moratorium measures are helping to rescue financially distressed companies. The new…29 Jul 2020HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee—particularly my noble friend Lord Lindsay—for reviewing this order and the Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply)…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020That the Order laid before the House on 22 June be approved. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention drawn to the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020That the draft Order laid before the House on 22 June be approved. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention drawn to the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020First, I thank all noble Lords for their valuable and well-informed contributions to this debate, with the normal high standard of speeches that we have come to expect in this…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeI did not catch all of that question; the audio was a bit poor. If the noble Baroness is saying that we should continue to co-operate on an international level, I would completely…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeI am afraid the noble Lord is wrong on his first point, but on his supplementary points I can agree with him. I can confirm that we are supporting a number of different research…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeOther EU member states would have been able to take part in the governance of the scheme; we would not. Even though the main development is funded from the EU budget, any…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeWe are having a number of discussions with the EU on a whole range of initiatives. As I said, we decided not to take part in this scheme for specific reasons, but we do not rule…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeYes, I agree with the noble Lord. Although we have decided not to participate in this particular initiative, we are committed to strengthening our collaboration with the EU and…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeI understand the noble Baroness’s reservations and she makes some good points, but the important point about this scheme is that we would not have been able to take part in the…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeMy noble friend makes a good point, but this was an individual decision about this particular programme, which we did not think was well suited to UK needs. We would not have been…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeThe Vaccine Taskforce is of course considering all the academic work being done in this field; it is a rapidly developing sphere of science. I am sure that we welcome the work…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeThe Prime Minister has already said exactly that. Of course, we want to collaborate internationally; of course, the virus is affecting virtually every country in the world. We…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeI had not seen the comments that my noble friend refers to, but I agree with them. We do have a number of promising vaccine production methods going on. However, if there are…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeMy Lords, we have had constructive discussions with the EU on this scheme. We have decided not to join since we would not have a say in running it and would not be able to pursue…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeI can confirm to my noble friend that we have had discussions with many countries, including those who formed the Inclusive Vaccines Alliance. It is our understanding that the…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEU Coronavirus Vaccine ProgrammeThe noble Lord asks a number of hypothetical questions. All I can say is that we will continue to collaborate internationally both in the EU and across the world on vaccine…13 Jul 2020