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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Amendment 4 is a minor change to clause 62(4), which sets out the requirements for the SAU’s report following post-award referral. The amendment ensures clarity and consistency…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)There is no Government amendment to clause 60. Amendment 4 agreed to. Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 62 specifies the content of the subsidy advice unit’s report on a subsidy or scheme that is referred by the Secretary of State after being given or made. The subsidy advice…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 63 excludes individual subsidies granted through the mechanism of a subsidy scheme from being capable of referral to the subsidy advice unit under part 4. That aligns with…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 64 provides for a limited number of exemptions from some or all of the provisions on the referral of subsidies and schemes to the SAU. The objective of subsections 1 and 2…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)Again, the principles are enshrined, and it is the principle that complies with those international treaty obligations. Going back to the timeframes, amendment 57 would have the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 53 sets out the timeframe within which the subsidy advice unit must publish its report on a subsidy or subsidy scheme once a mandatory referral has been made to it by a…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The purpose of the referral process is not for the subsidy advice unit to duplicate the public authority’s assessment of whether the subsidy complies with the subsidy control…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)One of the problems is that, if we define it in the way I think the hon. Lady is after, we then lose some of the flexibility. I was just about to say that the exact situation will…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)There has been a great deal of interest in the thresholds at which the transparency obligations apply, so I will explain some of the detail and logic of those thresholds.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I do believe in transparency, that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and in the importance of this database being as accessible as possible. As I will come on to say, the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)As I say, it is the cumulative costs that, in many ways, were the starting point. As a matter of principle, we should not seek to add duplicative red tape for public…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)First, moving the subsidy control scheme from pre-notification and pre-approval will mean that the subsidies can actually get to those businesses and interests at the right time,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I shall come back to that, if I may. Let me deal first with consultation. The Government’s proposed approach to transparency was set out in the consultation on subsidy control,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)The challenge will be to the scheme itself, not to the subsidies within it.02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)A public authority awarding something that it believes will be a subsidy below that will have to publish a letter demonstrating that it is adhering to minimal financial…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)All I will say is that if the public authority is issuing something that it believes to be a subsidy, albeit under MFA, it will publish a letter to explain to the recipient why…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)It is not published as such, but is sent to the recipient. That is in clause 37. I hope hon. Members agree that we have taken a proportionate, sensible and balanced approach here,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Let me start by explaining the intention behind the process of uploading the subsidies to the database. As with other aspects of the transparency requirement, we have sought to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)Subsidies or subsidy schemes for nuclear energy will be required to assess against the main subsidy control principles in schedule 1. Removing the clause would require those…02 Nov 2021