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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is worth respectfully reminding the hon. Lady and the Committee that this is a separate topic in the Bill that is unrelated to the NSI regime, as set out in the explanatory…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 60 provides the Secretary of State and the CMA with absolute privilege against action for defamation as a result of the exercise of functions under or by virtue of the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I hope I have already made it clear that the Government would not intend to defame anybody. The reason for the clause is that there are various points in the regime where the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Ilford South. We are not quite at minus 70 °C, but we are probably very close to it. I will speak initially to clause 61 stand part before…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is the challenge the hon. Lady offers that allows a Minister as junior as the one standing before hon. Members to be able to make the argument. Finally, the report will also…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I now turn to the Bill’s final provisions. Clause 62 sets out the transitional provisions for cases that may qualify for intervention under both the Bill and the Enterprise Act…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to Opposition speakers, the shadow Minister and the hon. Member for Glenrothes, for their contributions and to my hon. Friends the Members for Arundel and South…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I apologise. I will say instead that the clause seeks to create a non-exhaustive list of factors that the Secretary of State may take into account when considering whether…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will happily take the hon. Lady’s intervention once I have gone through these points. Secondly, the new clause would not replace the statement; instead, it would appear to sit…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I was referring to the shadow Secretary of State’s request on Second Reading that an industrial strategy test be included in the Bill. As I was saying, factors that the Secretary…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Glenrothes and the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central for setting out the arguments in support of new clauses 2 and 3, which both relate to…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)New clause 5 seeks to require the Secretary of State to maintain a written list of high-risk and low-risk acquirers, as we have heard, to allow differential internal scrutiny to…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point, because, as he rightly says, factors other than the risk profile of the acquirer may determine whether an acquisition is…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I assure the hon. Lady that Her Majesty’s Government do exactly that, but the Bill is deliberately country-agnostic. Indeed, to give parties predictability on small business and…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test for setting out his case for the new clause and to the hon. Member for Glenrothes for his contribution. When I first read…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for her contribution on new clause 7, which seeks to require the Secretary of State to provide an annual report to the Intelligence and…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Passionate exchanges.10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Would the hon. Lady like a test?10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Glorious.10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg you indulgence, Mr Twigg: I intend to speak first to clause stand part and then to amendment 29, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Southampton, Test. Clause 53 gives…10 Dec 2020