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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate. The Minister said “for the moment”—perhaps for the moment. I appreciate that the Minister has at least left his door ajar to some of…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillSorry; I withdraw that. If the Minister were sitting in the opposition seat and opposing this Bill—or, indeed, opposing its use—he would, I am sure, find it very difficult. That…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow that speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Blake. I was reassured by some of things she said about how the Nolan principles are being…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt was the Government who chose to put the principle of challenge on the face of the Bill. The noble Lord, Lord Lamont, and I are coming to the idea of creating a body that can…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am glad that the Minister has come to this point. Earlier on, I think I heard her say that transparency on a subsidy would raise the potential for a challenge to happen, but the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, it is with great pleasure that I follow my noble friend Lady Sheehan and the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, in support of these amendments. Subsidy schemes seem to be…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, those on this side welcome these three amendments. It is always hard to get those first government amendments out; after then, you can keep them coming, Minister. We…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, they say that a change is as good as a rest, so the Minister should be very sprightly now, as these amendments bring a slight change of gear. The group consists of eight…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillBut if they are relocating suppliers in order to support—02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 44, 45 and 46, to all of which I have added my name. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McNicol. Amendment 44 requires the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI understand the Minister’s sensitivity, and I thank him for his answer. I was putting it the other way around: having had a scheme that, it turns out, really benefits only the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWithout labouring the point, but labouring the point, I want to come back to the point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, about the grey areas that appear to be…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThere may be something to add to the letter. My noble friend Lord Purvis made a valid point about paragraph G of Schedule 1, to which the Minister feigned non comprendi. The point…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillMy Lords, when this Question was put in the Commons last week, the Conservative MP John Penrose said: “The well of excuses after three or four years of promising this piece of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 2 and 3 and then Amendment 2A, as they seem to associate with each other. In the speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and my noble friend…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, as we have heard, this set of amendments seeks to create some foundation for a future subsidy regime, whether that is geographical or socially minded or in terms of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, we have had a detailed debate. Before making a few comments—I emphasise “a few”—I return to the idea of having meetings. I recommend that perhaps the noble Baronesses,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords—31 Jan 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillAs a point of information, it was the Minister who brought up country solicitors rather than me. Coming from the country, I need to be careful.27 Jan 2022