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HANSARDCompanies House TargetsMy right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility) Lord Callanan has today made the following statement: I…09 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I thank the Committee for its consideration and for the points that have been raised during the debate, which I will try to address. The hon. Member for Manchester Central talked…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020The right hon. Gentleman is talking about a future Bill. If he is happy to work with us, we can make sure that the Bill progresses at pace. We have been introducing a lot of new…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020. It is a pleasure to open the debate…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020As I said, we already go far enough with the Enterprise Act. The information is released and on gov.uk. This is very much a tidying-up exercise to ensure that the legislation…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020Thank you for that clarification, Mrs Miller, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. We can debate this issue when the National Security and Investment Bill comes to…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I thank my hon. Friend. The UK and the EU will have separate jurisdictions to scrutinise mergers. The EU might look at a merger if it is relevant, but that would not stop the CMA…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020To be fair, I was responding. The UK’s investment screening process will continue to operate as it does now, with a few additional steps to ensure that we comply with the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. The regulations will be repealed as part of the wider European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. They do not interact with…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Both the UK and the EU have expressed our intention to co-operate as best we can. How that is structured will be part of the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020As I say, although we are obviously obliged to abide by EU law during the transition period, we do not believe it would be appropriate to remain part of the reciprocal…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020I thank my right hon. Friend for that clarification. We already share a lot of this information on gov.uk, and it is not particularly burdensome on businesses to release the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020That is a topic we will come to when we introduce the Bill. Hopefully, with the co-operation of Her Majesty’s Opposition, we can get that through swiftly and at the appropriate…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is so important that we work with all parts of the nation and all the devolved Administrations, which we do regularly. My colleague my hon.…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillFirst, I thank for their contributions all right hon. and hon. Members who have spoken in this and previous debates on the Bill. Overall, it is reassuring to me, and I am sure to…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. The Department and the Government have been engaging with businesses to try to give that clarity. It has not always been…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Clearly, these are all things that we will continue to look at. The hon. Gentleman talked about the hospitality sector. Let me reassure him…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillThe Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill has been a demonstration of what can be achieved in the best interests of businesses, jobs and the country’s economic future when…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is important that we remain flexible. We continue to work with businesses from all sectors to ensure that we can get to a point where we…25 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He will note that the Government have extended the moratorium on the forfeiture of leases due to covid-19 debts to 30…25 Jun 2020