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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)Would that be in the annual report, or in the five-year review? Five years is rather a long time.04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments on clause 57 stand part. The clause outlines the CMA’s reporting period for subsidies and schemes that are voluntarily referred to it. We…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The clause does indeed allow public authorities to “request a report from the CMA before giving a subsidy, or making a subsidy scheme, of interest.” We have had some interesting…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister is starting to go a little bit further in implying that there will be, perhaps not trade-offs, but decisions that will need to be made about whether to have the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)We have no further comments other than the issues we have raised already. We support clause stand part. Question put and agreed to. Clause 54, as amended, accordingly ordered to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. I will not press the amendment to a vote, but I want to repeat this point. In light of what the Minister has said, some of the examples or…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I am slightly surprised, because serious deficiencies is being used as a trigger for the Secretary of State to be able to use a power. I would be very surprised if there was a…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to move amendment 50 and, with that, to speak to amendment 51, to which it is related. Clause 54(4) states that the Secretary of State can extend the cooling-off…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 50, in clause 54, page 30, line 18, at end insert— “(5A) The Secretary of State must by regulations define ‘serious deficiencies’ for the purposes of this…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)This has been a very helpful debate. The Minister is right: we will discuss some contextual powers in the debates on later clauses and new clause 3. Clarifying the roles,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)If there is a concern, does the Minister envisage the CMA being able to recommend extending the cooling-off period?04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for that. That is helpful for us to take away and reflect on within the context of the flow of functions in the Bill, and I think we will come back to it. He…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to respond to the Minister’s comments. The clause sets out the CMA’s reporting period for mandatory referrals. It specifies that the CMA has 30 working days to…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)We support Government amendment 3, which provides clarity as to exactly when the cooling-off period ends. I will reserve my other comments on the clause for the next stages.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)We support clause 52. I am not concerned about the detail of the clause, but how it will be effective as part of the regime. This comes back to why the rules around what can be…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I thank the hon. Member for Aberdeen North for her remarks. She raises a number of important and pertinent issues around…04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Eighth sitting)We will support clause stand part. Question put and agreed to. Clause 61 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 62 CMA report following post-award referral04 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 36, in clause 33, page 18, line 7, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”. This amendment makes the regulations set out in Clause 33(8) subject to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to our amendments 37 and 38, and to the other amendments in this group. I thank the hon. Member for Aberdeen North for the persuasive arguments that she…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.02 Nov 2021