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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. It is important to recognise what the constitution of the UK says, and that is very clearly that powers and competences…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q It is a pleasure to be here with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. Welcome to this Committee of the UK Government, Mr McKee. We are discussing a UK Government instrument and within…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q A final question, because I am really trying to get to the bottom of this point: would you be happier if the UK Government told you what to do? Ivan McKee: No, I would be…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q I will ask the question in a slightly different way, then: does the Bill give you powers to do things that you were not able to do when the UK was part of the EU? Ivan McKee: As…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)I think the point you are making— Ivan McKee: To answer your question, we don’t know. We do not know until we have made a subsidy and then someone decides that they want to…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q If I understand you correctly, you are saying that when we were within the EU, there was certainty that came from being told what we could and could not do. May I suggest that…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q I am grateful that you used the word “potentially” because there is not a certainty around that; it is only potential. The fact is that clause 10 does set the freedoms for the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthThe Minister’s talks about the importance of taking things back to his colleague. I was really struck by the points made by the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena…21 Oct 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention; she is absolutely correct. I try to read around subjects and understand them, having entered politics—with a splash, I suppose, here…23 Sept 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing the debate. It has been said by others better than I can, but this is clearly an important issue that we…23 Sept 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesI thank my hon. Friend for drawing out the point about ideology because that was the question that was forming in my mind after the speech of the hon. Member for Strangford as to…23 Sept 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesAberconwy.23 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I sense a restlessness among colleagues, so my comments will be brief, and the moment we are all waiting for, when the Under-Secretary of State…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillFrom the Opposition Benches this afternoon, we are hearing a lot about asymmetry. In particular, we are hearing about a lack of involvement and so on. I will not make any points…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillThere are very specific exclusions for inclusion on the central database. Would my hon. Friend extend his argument to consideration of those excluded items as well?22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I am not sure what he was listening to. Not one word of criticism of local authorities has passed my lips. I was explicit in…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI will, as the hon. Gentleman gave way to me.22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?22 Sept 2021HANSARDBack British Farming DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Theo Clarke) on securing this debate. I have a couple of…15 Sept 2021HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetThere is great potential for small scale renewable energy schemes in the more rural parts of Aberconwy. What discussions has my right hon. Friend had to ensure that the grid…15 Sept 2021