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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will withdraw the amendment in his intervention.01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q Professor, that was excellent and I am very grateful for it. I will follow on from that thought and ask about the proposed powers within the regime for the Secretary of State to…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I was going to ask you about whether the Bill is proportionate between being very focused on national security—albeit, as you quite rightly point out, there is a spectrum of…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Welcome, Mr Offenbach; thank you very much for making the time. I wanted to get your view on how you think the Bill deals with the range of sanctions available to the Secretary…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Welcome, Mr Butler, and thank you very much for your attendance. Reflecting on the changing nature of the national security threats that we are now facing, which you alluded to…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Following on that, Mr Jackson-Moore, the current regime under the Enterprise Act 2002 stipulates that the assessment of transactions is dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q May I return to the national security issue—as opposed to the wider public interest test, which is an important question—and get your view as to the Bill’s scope, which is very…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)My question is more about your reflections on the Bill being narrow in its purpose to deal with national security versus the wider public interest. Lisa Wright: It is already a…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)We lost you while you were talking about a “degree of unpredictability”, Lisa. Lisa Wright: Okay. In my view, if you were to broaden the regime out from national security to take…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill provides for an annual report to Parliament, Sir Richard. What is your view on balancing transparency and ensuring Government can take national security decisions…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Welcome, Mr Cummings. You mentioned the feedback from your members about keeping the Bill focused very much on national security. The message that we want to get out there is…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Leiter. That is really good feedback. Building on the point made by my colleague the shadow Minister, the CFIUS regime in the US obviously operates successfully,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Petrie, you will understand better than most that businesses will want to ensure information is being treated sensitively in any transaction. I want to capture your view of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)I am grateful to you, Mr Parton. I do not want to hog the floor, as I am sure many colleagues want to ask questions. Thank you very much.24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That— (1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25am on Tuesday 24 November) meet— (a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 24 November; (b) at 11.30 am and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Mr Parton, it is great to see you. Without going further on your last point, I want to reassure you that the Bill is designed to deliver a quasi-judicial role for…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. Dr Ashley, considering your experience of other countries—we talked about the US at length in the first couple of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt is a pleasure, as ever, to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah). I thank all hon. Members who have spoken in this important debate. We have had…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI can certainly give my right hon. Friend that commitment; I will do that. My right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), my hon. Friend…17 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyThe Government acknowledge that access to debt finance is important, but it can only form part of our approach to supporting businesses through this period. We have already…12 Nov 2020