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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWe have to read this debate in the context of the previous debates. As the Minister has previously said, the Government want to move away from delineating support for geographical…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I wish to ask the specific question of how, if this Bill includes all agricultural support without the delineated areas we have discussed previously in Committee—such as…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI do not think the Minister addressed the point regarding the interaction with the UK internal market Act, which has also given rise to some concerns. She said that the Bill would…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, further to that point, I wish to ask a couple of questions. First, on a factual issue—I have been struggling to find this—what has the typical award been for relatively…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am talking about a call-in that is exactly the same as in Section 36 of the internal market Act. I am not talking about tribunals; I am not talking about it being adjudicated. I…07 Feb 2022HANSARDAutocrats, Kleptocrats and PopulistsMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the UK board of a global peace-building charity, Search for Common Ground, and am an associate with Global Partners Governance, a…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillGreat—we have got here. I rise to move Amendment 35. “Billions were written off and no one seemed to care but me” was the headline of the Times interview with the noble Lord, Lord…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI have a separate point, on the principle of adding on the issue of local content and domestic goods. I understand and entirely agree with what the Minister said about the WTO…02 Feb 2022HANSARDKabul: Pen FarthingAs a result of the emails that we have seen from the brave Foreign Office whistleblower, either Parliament has been misled by the Prime Minister and the Minister or life and death…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am grateful to the Minister; he is being very generous. This is just to confirm this point: if a public body is able to self-define an area under this clause, there would be…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord to pick up, and indeed support, many of the points he made about geographical inequality, and to tease out a bit further from…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThat is what I remember seeing on Tyne Tees telly.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMinister, Clause 18 could say the United Kingdom, but it does not. It says “area”. As the Minister has said on a number of occasions today, the public authority defines the area.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIf a public authority—let us say the Scottish Government—had a scheme and defined for the purposes of that scheme the entirety of Scotland, therefore allowing relocation anywhere…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIf the Secretary of State decided that the geography was the whole of the United Kingdom, would that be acceptable under the Bill, too?02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillNo, that is because the area is Scotland.02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWell, I think the proposals for the White Paper are cheaper, because there is no money attached to them at all. The Government’s position is that, to maintain the level of EU…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Fox and will add a couple of points. First, on the streamlined schemes, there is the potential for them to be very major and, in effect, a…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am grateful for the Minister’s response. As much as the Government are asserting that there will not be a challenge or confusion, it is necessary to have greater clarity for…02 Feb 2022