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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)I will leave it there, Sir Graham. I may want to come back later, but I will let someone else in now.26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q There has been some discussion of whether the investment security unit is best placed within BEIS, the business Department. Do you have a view on that? Does it matter where in…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q I understand the reluctance to have an explicit legal definition of national security, but would there be a benefit in having an “except for” clause that makes it clear that…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. I will focus a bit more on the definition of a trigger event, and in particular the catch-all provisions that define when somebody becomes a person with significant…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q Good morning, Ms Wright and Mr Boney. I want to look in more detail at the kind of information that might be included in the Secretary of State’s clause 3 statement, which will…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Decisions under this legislation will initially be taken by the Secretary of State. In the United Kingdom, the way that Ministers exercise the authority given to them…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon. The Government’s impact assessment expresses the view that a national security regime such as this does not have much of an impact on overseas investors and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q When you talk about a lot of hard work and digging to get to the bottom of it, does that include potentially gaining information that is not in the public domain and from a…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, Mr Petrie. There will be some entities that try to take over British businesses where the warning flags are flown immediately, because it is well known that…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon. I do not know whether your saw much of the previous witness’s evidence, but she commented on how countries such as the United States have a limited number of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q I think this is the first time I have had to stand further away from somebody to speak to them. Thank you for your attendance today. We have heard a lot this morning about the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q In your experience, is that a technique that either the Chinese Communist party or other potential hostile players either have used or are likely to use if it is in their…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q I am pleased to take part in this Committee under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. Mr Parton, the Bill looks primarily at direct investment by potentially hostile operators. Does it…24 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewThe Prime Minister has announced an additional increase of just over £4 billion a year in the defence budget. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence admits that it already has a £6…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundAmong the damning judgments issued last week by the Public Accounts Committee was that “we are not convinced by the rationales for selecting some towns and not others. The…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Participation in DebatesI am astonished that the Leader of the House continues to insist that anyone who is a designated key worker is having to work normally. That is simply not the case. Key worker…16 Nov 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Covid-19 DeploymentThis week in particular, we all remember with gratitude the price that so many service personnel have paid in time of war. I also associate myself with the thanks expressed by…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for BusinessesIn response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry), the Secretary of State claimed that Her Majesty’s Revenue and…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for BusinessesWhat discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing support to businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak.10 Nov 2020HANSARDUK Terrorism Threat LevelThe Minister knows that, despite our political differences, I have a great deal of respect for him, so I am sure it was only an oversight that he did not reply to part of the…05 Nov 2020