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HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q 44 It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. Thank you for giving evidence to us today, Dr Barker. I shall start with a more general question about your view of…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q You have said this week that grants—or subsidies—made under the global Britain investment fund should have more conditionality associated with them to ensure that they support…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q In your view, how and where do you think that could be strengthened in the Bill? We have also heard from other witnesses on whether there should be an equivalent, or a…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, on that point, do you think that £315,000 or £500,000 as a threshold for subsidies under a subsidy scheme is too high? Dr Barker: I would not say whether it is too high…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming in. I have a couple of questions that I want to put to you. I want to understand your view of the CMA’s powers in the Bill, such as whether the CMA should…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q That raises quite a serious issue about possible gaps in the regime. Under clause 55, there is the opportunity for the Secretary of State to call in a proposed subsidy or…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q May I ask a final question on that? I think that has highlighted what seems to be the asymmetry between the powers of the Secretary of State and of the devolved Administrations…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Specifically on what is in there—I am conscious of the time—are there recommendations you would make, based on that experience, around what may need to be tightened up within…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Greenberg, for coming to give evidence. We have had some representations to suggest that there could be an incompatibility between, for example, the economic…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)I had a question about the Northern Ireland protocol, but I am conscious of the time.26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q I did. You referred to one of the contextual pieces of legislation. There is the Northern Ireland protocol as well. There has been some debate about whether the Bill is…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q I am conscious that we have only two minutes so, while I can, I will ask whether you have concerns about your ability to scrutinise subsidy schemes if subsidies under those…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for giving evidence today. May I ask a couple of questions on the CMA’s current powers, and whether there is arguably a case for some extension of them? In relation to…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Second sitting)It was about whether there is sufficient resourcing. Rachel Merelie: Yes, of course. We have been given money in the 2021-22 settlement to take on a number of new functions.…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Member will know the context in which we are having this debate. It is a time of great economic uncertainty. Thousands of aviation workers in my constituency have been…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI thank the hon. Member for his comments. I will be making a considerable contribution on the issues associated with devolution and our grave concerns about this Bill, which we…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI will just leave the right hon. Lady with the Institute for Government’s feedback on the Government’s plan for growth, which was that it seemed more like a shopping a list than a…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI thank the Secretary of State. Indeed, I did hear those comments in his opening remarks. I was seeking to clarify the issue because I do not think it is clear across the House,…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI have given way to the right hon. Lady already and I hope she will not mind if I continue my remarks. Will the Secretary of State clarify whether it is the Government’s intention…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Subsidy Control BillI am sorry but I will move on. I have taken an intervention from the hon. Member, so perhaps he can make his own contribution. The Government have stipulated that subsidies under…22 Sept 2021