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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comment. If he thinks that there should be such a requirement or that that should be in the guidance, perhaps he might raise it with his own…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments, but I must say that I do not feel that they have so far moved us forward in tackling the very serious issues that the debate has started to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the Minister clarify the maximum number of subsidies of, say, £450,000 that may be given under a subsidy scheme? How would anyone know about them?02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I am sorry to make this point again to the Minister: the EU state aid regime was based on information being available to the public. The whole system was different. There was…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Perhaps this is an opportunity for the Minister to design a database and an extremely straightforward way of entering information. It does not seem to me that this should be…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Could the Minister define what he means by the costs of information on the database? Surely, if all the information is available to a public authority that has gone through the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to move our amendments to clause 34, which is about the information to be included on the subsidy database. The clause outlines that the Secretary of State can…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to clause stand part. The Minister could have saved himself a whole debate had he supported our arguments on clause 36, because this clause sets out the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The question I was asking was whether consideration had been given to whether public authorities should publish those letters. Some may and some may not, but there is not…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. Subsidies given through the exemption do not have to apply the subsidy control requirements if the amount of assistance received by…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for his opening remarks. He has outlined that clause 39 establishes some of the procedural requirements to be attached to SPEIs. We think, for reasons…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 34 in clause 32, page 17, line 10, at end insert— “(c) the subsidy database is subject to routine audit to verify the accuracy and completeness of…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Sharma, and to debate amendments 34 and 39. The clause provides that the “the Secretary of State must make arrangements for the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the Minister clarify his comments on digital standards? There are two key issues here. One is the content and the functional design of the database. The other is the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)The Minister has stated, in effect, that public authorities that do not protect information might not be in line with their statutory responsibilities. I am not clear where, in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I am finding the logic of what the Minister is proposing quite difficult to follow. With the requirement for completeness and accuracy, we could prevent a lot of wasted time and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I have listened to the Minister. Our difficulty is that the amendments seem to be fundamental to the integrity of the whole regime. The Minister alluded to obligations on local…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks. I have made a number of comments on clause 32. He will appreciate why we feel that there are areas to address, but fundamentally we think…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, page 17, line 18, leave out subsection (2). This amendment requires all subsidies to be entered onto the subsidy database.02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)The clause details the specific obligations of a public authority in uploading subsidies and subsidy schemes on to the subsidy database, as it stands in the Bill. It is right that…02 Nov 2021