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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am happy to write to the hon. Lady on that point. What I think she is talking about is about the gap between the Secretary of State being aware and when the transaction actually…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 16 provides a mechanism for any person materially affected by a notifiable acquisition being void to make an application to the Secretary of State to retrospectively…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman has answered his own question. Obviously, I do consider that the Secretary of State’s ability on the opinion is safe. Question put and agreed to. Clause…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 17 provides for the retrospective validation of notifiable acquisitions that have been completed without approval, following the giving of a call-in notice in either of the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Members for Ilford South, for Southampton, Test, and for Glenrothes, as well as to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman is referring to parties that are abroad and have a business in the UK—what if notice is served on them and they are non-compliant? Obviously, under UK…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)The Government are committed to providing as much certainty as possible for business. The clause therefore provides parties with a mechanism to require the Secretary of State to…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am very happy to write to the hon. Lady; I thought that I had touched on that in my earlier remarks. The forms should be very similar, because ultimately the decision-making…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)Riveting!03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I am very pleased to be able to respond to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test on these well-intentioned amendments. I assure him that the Government and the Secretary of State…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 19 gives the Secretary of State the power to require the provision of information in relation to the exercise of his functions under the Bill. The Bill provides for an…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause provides the Secretary of State with the power to require the attendance of witnesses. The Government are acutely aware that many of the acquisitions considered by this…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I suspect that the Government will accommodate whichever way is secure and provides the evidence. I am sure that hon. Members will agree that the clause is crucial in allowing the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I think I have made very clear how these notices will work. The judicial procedure is open to any party that feels hard done by in any way by this Bill.03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for that clarification. I wrote down the hon. Lady’s words. She did say that it is an excellent deterrent, and went on to make her argument for the amendment. To…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her constructive engagement with the whole Bill, and especially with clause 13. She referred to the Intelligence and Security Committee, and this…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I do not think I need to.03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I am just getting to the crux of the resistance to this amendment on the Government Benches, so if he will allow me, I will do…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Lady and share her reflections on the collegiate way the Committee has worked. I also thank her for her comments on the quality of the Bill. It is testament to…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman on that detail. Question put and agree to. Clause 11 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 12 TRIGGER EVENTS:…03 Dec 2020