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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I may have said in my remarks that amendment 85 scrapped subsection (3)(g), but it was amendment 84, as the Minister has outlined. It is important for our deliberations that the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 82, in clause 79, page 45, line 39, leave out subsection (5) and insert— “(5) Before issuing guidance under this Section, the Secretary of State must seek…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments, and for his strengthened interpretation of “may” in the clause. I appreciate his saying that he hopes that guidance will be issued, perhaps…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I do not wish to push new clause 3 to a vote today. New Clause 4 “Secretary of State and Devolved Administrations: requirement to report ‘(1) The Secretary of State, Scottish…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 4 would provide for greater transparency under the new regime by mandating the Secretary of State and each of the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I echo the Minister’s thanks to our witnesses. They gave us very good evidence at very short notice. I also thank both the Whips. We have hugely appreciated how they have managed…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. There are a number of technical provisions here relating to how implementation will take place. I thank the Minister for…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I think the Minister did cover schedule 3. We will reflect further on the Minister’s responses to points that we have made, and I will not raise any further issues now. We will…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 80, in clause 79, page 45, line 9, leave out “may” and insert “must”. This amendment, together with Amendment 81, would require the Secretary of State to…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to move amendment 80 and to speak to amendment 81. Clause 79 gives the Secretary of State the power to issue guidance on the new subsidy regime. We agree with the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is heartening that the Minister has said that where the clause says “may”, he thinks it means “must”. From that we conclude that the Secretary of State will issue guidance. It…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is an excellent title, and we support the clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause 92 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. New Clause 1 Subsidy Control Principles:…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)We support the clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause 91 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 92 Short title Question proposed, That the clause stand part of…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. Amendment 87 is a probing amendment, and I hope he will be able to lay out a broad timetable as to what will happen after Royal Assent and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)We broadly support clause 91, which sets out which parts of the Bill will come into effect and when. We recognise the need to establish when and how various parts of the Bill will…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)On the basis that there will be further discussion, that we do not want there to be administration that is more time-consuming than it needs to be and that we will revisit the way…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 87, in clause 91, page 50, line 26, at end insert “which must be no later than six months following the day on which this Act is passed.” This amendment…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)We obviously agree with this clause. It is a shame that a four-nations approach has not come forward in the drafting of some of the Bill, but in any case, we are not opposing…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. Throughout some of our discussions, the fact that we have not had greater definition of some of the terms used in the Bill has been a…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting)We have no further comments on this clause, and will be supporting clause stand part. Question put and agreed to. Clause 8 8 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause…18 Nov 2021