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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I shall be as brief as I can possibly be, I promise. I thank all noble Lords for their brilliant and stimulating contributions. Amendment 79 in the name of the noble…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI start by thanking my noble friends Lord Black, Lady Harding and Lady Stowell, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and the noble Lords, Lord…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAs ever, I start by thanking all noble Lords who have spoken so powerfully in this group. I turn first to the series of amendments on the countervailing benefits exemption. I…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI said that the purpose of Clause 19(5) is to set the parameters for the design of conduct requirements by the CMA. Its purpose is to guide the CMA, not to bind the recipients of…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am ruling nothing out at this stage.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am happy to provide that information in the form of a letter, and I will leave it at that for now.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIn respect of my noble friend Lord Vaizey’s concern that proportionality will affect how the CAT conducts an appeal, the retention of judicial review in Clause 103 will still…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI will go on to speak more about this. The intention of the Government in “reinforcing” is to bring clarity, particularly since, as I say, A1P1 is not universally applicable to…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI believe that, in most cases, A1P1 rights would be invoked, but there are cases where A1P1 would not necessarily be invoked, rare as those cases are. The intention of the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt is not my intention to bring in merits by the back door, nor is it my intention not to come clean, or to conceal from Members of this Committee any intentions of the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAs I said, for those cases where A1P1 cannot be engaged, they can be treated in the same way—equally proportionately to other cases under A1P1. In addition, it creates further…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIf noble Lords will forgive me; that was a large variety or questions. First, I can confirm right away that I have not received any lobbying from any big tech firms on this…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillYes, indeed. I thank my noble friend for repeating the question and I apologise that I did not get to it earlier. I would be delighted to write and provide such examples.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAgain, in my opinion, the two sentences are indistinguishable in their meaning.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI will revert first to the questions about the word “indispensable”. As I have said, the Government consulted very widely, and one of the findings of the consultation was that,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI cannot give a full account of the individual stakeholders right now; I am happy to ask the department to clarify further in that area. My contention is that the effect of the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillAs many noble Lords in the debate have alluded to, we have to be clear that this is a fast-moving field, and we have to at least allow for the possibility that new technologies…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIndeed. It is an important point. Right from the beginning of potential conduct requirement design or PCI design, it would be consulting very widely with all stakeholders,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI very much thank the noble Lords, Lord Vaux and Lord Fox, speaking on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and my noble friend Lord Lansley for using these amendments to…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI do indeed recognise it. As I say, it is a difficult one because equally, one cannot treat undesignated firms as designated until the designation has taken place. I am very happy…24 Jan 2024