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HANSARDSubsidy 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 (Fifth sitting)They will clearly have that estimated calculation, but the database will function most effectively if the public authority uploads a subsidy when it can be confident of its…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I come back to our earlier discussions about the onus that is put on public authorities, and the impact that it will have on them, not only to put the amount on the various…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 33 sets out that the Secretary of State may change the threshold above which subsidies given under schemes are required to be uploaded to the transparency database.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)As I have set out, the figure of £500,000 strikes the right balance between transparency and minimising undue and unnecessary administrative requirements. We currently have no…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)In this instance, we are looking at adjusting the thresholds for specific sectors, such as agriculture, that are characterised by smaller businesses where a relatively small…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)The clause sets out the duty on public authorities to upload certain information on to the database about their subsidies and subsidy schemes. It provides public authorities with…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)It is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I thank hon. Members for their interest in clause 34 and the amendments to it. As we have heard, the clause…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)We will engage with all those bodies—with the public authorities that will have to do the reporting; with the recipients of subsidies; and with people interested in subsidy data…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I can reassure the hon. Lady on two things. First, we want to ensure that we develop this with public authorities—that we engage with them so that they are part of the process.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 22 concerns the procedure by which the Secretary of State can make regulations to set out the information that public authorities must upload to the transparency…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations that stipulate what information must be provided by a public authority with respect to a subsidy scheme or…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)To answer the question from the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston, the criteria used to determine how the figures are arrived at are part of the purpose of the subsidy, which is…02 Nov 2021