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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)We wish to push clause stand part to a vote.02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)We will not support clause stand part. My contribution will build on the arguments made by the hon. Member for Aberdeen North. We debated amendment 33, which I think went part way…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause explains this part of the Bill, which sets out where certain subsidies and schemes are to be exempt from the requirements of the regime. We do not have any specific…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words in this stand part debate. We have discussed extensively the considerable concerns about the framing of clause 34. We will not…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks and the hon. Member for Aberdeen North for speaking to her amendments. I remain concerned that the provision is not nearly robust enough and I…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 40, in clause 34, page 18, line 9, remove “may” and insert “must”. This amendment makes the regulations listed in subsection (2) mandatory for entries on…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)This is an important clause, but it requires significant improvement. We will not vote against clause stand part, but I hope that the Minister will engage positively on the…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. In the light of the complexity of many of the issues that we have debated, I will not push the amendment to a vote. However, the issue must…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate that the Minister has stated the Government’s position on the £500,000 threshold but he has not made the case for it, neither on the operation of the regime nor on…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. There has been quite an important discussion and debate today. I want to highlight why this matter is complex and why more is needed on it.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDMenopause (Support and Services) BillI, too, just want to pick up on the point that my hon. Friend made about women and the workplace. We know that, according to the Centre for Ageing Better, 800,000 people over 50…29 Oct 2021HANSARDMenopause (Support and Services) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on this most excellent Bill and on the work of the all-party group on menopause. The work of the group also helped to inspire activity with employers…29 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I am pleased to be able to move amendment 9 on behalf of myself and my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central. We have proposed the amendment because we recognise that the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)This is a helpful discussion. Further to that point, is it to differentiate—I think the Minister alluded to this—who has the power to grant the subsidy? For example, the Houses of…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks on clause 6. We have no further issues in relation to it.28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I have no comments or questions on clause 5. Question put and agreed to. Clause 5 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 6 “Public authority” Question proposed,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 10, page 6, line 30, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— “(a) is made by— (i) a Minister of the Crown, (ii) the Welsh Ministers, (iii) the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for his remarks on the clause. Will he clarify what guidance sits behind it? This is a similar issue to that raised on clause 3(2). A concern was raised by…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)Will the Minister clarify whether that definition extends to social enterprises and co-operatives for the purposes of organisations that may be involved in economic activity? Will…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I hope, from what the Minister says, that there will be tighter guidance on how a public authority ensures that the subsidy it is giving is compliant, and on whether it will need…28 Oct 2021