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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady talks about the devolved position. The OIM sits as a distinct board specifically because of the constitutional impact of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020.…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The Office for the Internal Market is a distinct set-up—it is a new set-up—whereas this is a committee within the board of the CMA. As I say, they are two distinct bodies. The OIM…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a different set-up. The Bill places a requirement on the CMA to establish a new committee of its board, to be referred to as the unit, which would consist of members of the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)Clause 68 requires that the CMA establishes a new committee of the board, called the subsidy advice unit, for the purposes of undertaking the subsidy control functions set out…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The clause gives the subsidy advice unit—the SAU—information-gathering powers to assist with its monitoring and reporting functions under clause 65. It does so by applying, with…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)In accordance with the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, after the end of each financial year, the Competition and Markets Authority must prepare and send to the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 requires the CMA to prepare an annual report of its activities and performance during the year. Clause 66 requires the CMA to include…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The clause requires the subsidy advice unit periodically to review and report on the effectiveness of the operation of the subsidy control regime and its impact on competition and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Member for Aberdeen North is absolutely right to want to improve the system. That is exactly the incentive; we need to improve the system. A number of mechanisms are…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)As we have already discussed, clause 65 sets out the requirement for the unit to produce a report on the overall effectiveness of the subsidy control regime and its impact on…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)I think the middle way that the hon. Member is talking about is actually what clause 66 does. The clause notes the bare minimum of what that the annual report should include.…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right, as usual; we do not want reviews for the sake of reviews. It is good to have a focus, but it is also good to be able to look at the meaningful…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)To be fair, I had only just started making my remarks. However, whether it is butting up against elections or not, that could equally be the case in three years as well as five…16 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. As we have heard, clause 65 requires the CMA to produce a report on the overall effectiveness of the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK has one of the best employment rights records in the world. We have made good progress in bringing forward measures that add flexibility for workers while ensuring the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs Minister for London, every time I go and see a business or business representative organisation my hon. Friend has been there before to champion the Cities of London and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, over the period since the campaign was launched in April, has taken 10,000 unsafe products off…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNon-Disclosure AgreementWe have regular conversations with colleagues in DCMS. Some non-disclosure agreements have a commercial benefit, but the hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that inappropriate…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNon-Disclosure AgreementI congratulate my right hon. Friend on the campaign that she is running alongside Zelda Perkins and others. She rightly highlights the Government’s commitment to the issue, as…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNon-Disclosure AgreementThe Government have committed to changing the law to ensure that individuals signing non-disclosure agreements are able to make disclosures to the police and regulated health and…16 Nov 2021