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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 25, in page 20, line 27, leave out from “in” until end of line 28 and insert “setting out the reasons for such direction and an assessment of the impacts…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)The amendment would require the Secretary of State to set out the reasons for and an assessment of the likely impacts of published directions under the provisions regarding the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)Although that gives me some reassurance, the driving force behind the amendment is to ensure that that is clearly laid out in the Bill, for the reasons I have previously argued.…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. These two amendments are simply about giving more direction. One issue that we have debated on every day of the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point. Businesses are feeling huge pressure. SMEs will often experience a degree of fear at the moment about potentially having to grapple with a whole…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I agree. It is Small Business Saturday this weekend, and I imagine that many SMEs will be telling us when we are back in our constituencies about exactly these kinds of issues:…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting)I have listened carefully to the Minister, and I feel that several issues have not been fully explored. The whole point of the amendment is to compel the Secretary of State to be…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)One of the things that we have probed a number of times, when taking evidence from witnesses and in our debates in Committee, is the idea that we need to give businesses clarity,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 18, in clause 14, page 8, line 36, leave out “may” and insert “shall”. This amendment seeks to make the Secretary of State’s prescription of regulation of…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Wyre Forest and for Aberdeen South for their contributions. It is my fear that, in some of the Minister’s answers, there was perhaps an admission from…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)We would indeed, because it is a point of key principle. Question put, That the amendment be made.01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 8, page 6, line 38, at end insert— “(10) The fifth case is where a person becomes a major debt holder and therefore gains influence over the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As we have shaped our own Bill, we have been learning about regimes in other countries and comparing and contrasting provisions. For example,…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship so soon again, Sir Graham. Following on from the eloquent exposition of those last two amendments by my hon. Friend the Member for…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 3, page 3, line 16, at end insert— “(7) The Secretary of State must publish guidance for potential acquirers and other interested parties…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, but it was not really borne out in the evidence that we heard from the witnesses. They were clear, even while having different approaches,…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I wish to press the amendment. Question put, That the amendment be made:01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 12 is about where a person becoming a major debt holder would count as a person gaining control of the qualifying entity. I know there is some debate about the…01 Dec 2020HANSARD Transport for London: FundingIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) and the Petitions Committee for the debate. I…30 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Clearly there would be some serious resourcing implications around that. Thinking about what you said earlier, about a number of different examples that have been in the press…26 Nov 2020