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Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Monday, 22 November 2021, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage second day. Schedules 1 to 3 agreed to, with schedule 3 agreed to as amended. Clauses 2 to 9 agreed to, with clause 8 agreed to as amended. Clause 10 disagreed to. Clauses 11 to 15 agreed to, with clauses 11, 12 and 14 agreed to as amended. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 69).
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Parliamentary proceeding
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816 cc135-182GC 
Session
2021-22
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
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House of Lords Grand Committee
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c135GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Chapman of Darlington

20A: Clause 2, page 1, line 11, at end insert...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 cc135-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, since nobody else is speaking and I had prepared a response to the noble Viscount, Lord...


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Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c136GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Stansgate, I should say a couple of words about ...

Lord Willetts | 816 c136GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief and will refer particularly to Amendment 26A. I repeat that I am a memb...

Lord Broers | 816 c136GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my hope for ARIA was that it would look a bit like ARPA. ARPA is not a blue-sky, high-r...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 816 cc137-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak as an American citizen, although luckily I do not earn enough money for it to b...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I apologise for being late. I do not know whether amendments can be moved by Tha...

Baroness Noakes | 816 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps I might say to the noble Viscount that it is customary, if a noble Lord is not here for t...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

I found the noble Baroness’s comments in our last session very helpful and I learned a great deal...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 816 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

We discussed this with the Table and it was agreed that, because they are the noble Viscount’s am...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

I will be very brief. I take it that we are talking about the climate-change provision, on which ...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc138-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for tabling these amendments and for the di...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc139-140GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Chapman of Darlington

24: Clause 2, page 2, line 15, at end insert—...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc140-1GC (Link to this contribution)

I want to talk about the issue of FoI. We all knew that this was coming in our discussions; it ca...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 cc141-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Chapman and shall speak also to Amendment 32A, which, ir...

Baroness Noakes | 816 cc142-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I spoke on this at Second Reading and quoted Tony Blair. Just to remind the Committee, ...

Lord Fox | 816 cc143-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 39 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones. It i...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 c144GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will make two points. The first is in response to a point made by the noble Baroness,...

Lord Broers | 816 cc144-5GC (Link to this contribution)

I would like to respond to that, which I find very interesting. I would like to know whether ARPA...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 cc145-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Fox, in his amendment, and other noble Lords in theirs have pointe...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc146-7GC (Link to this contribution)

I start with Amendment 24 from the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, Amendment 32A from the noble Vis...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 c147GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if I may have the privilege of intervening—a wonderful feeling, having been under diffe...

Lord Callanan | 816 c147GC (Link to this contribution)

Because it is a fairly new and exciting agency doing new things. I suppose we will have to disagr...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 c148GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I invite him to reread what he said at Se...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc148-9GC (Link to this contribution)

I can assure the noble Lord that people need no invitation from me to table FoI requests to my de...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc149-150GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for responding to my amendment and speaking to Amendment 42, which I did not...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 c151GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Browne of Ladyton

30: Clause 4, page 2, line 26, at end insert—

“...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 cc151-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 30 seeks to ensure that any grant made by ARIA is subject to the condition th...

Baroness Noakes | 816 c153GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am not as opposed to foreign takeovers as the noble Lord, Lord Browne, but I accept t...

Lord Fox | 816 cc153-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for raising this very interesting issue. Without r...

Lord Lansley | 816 c154GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much appreciate that the noble Lord, Lord Browne, has brought forward his Amendm...

Lord Broers | 816 cc154-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to give the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Browne, the very strongest s...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c155GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 31 in my name. It is a probing amendment to find whet...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c155GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise briefly to support my noble friends Lady Chapman and Lord Browne. Amendment 31A ...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 816 cc156-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for his comments on Amendment 30. I recognise that...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 cc157-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and particularly for engaging with the reasons be...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Viscount Stansgate

31A: Clause 5, page 2, line 33, at end insert—

“(4...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

I will move the amendment, but I am about to withdraw it. In withdrawing it, could I say to the M...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 816 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

I think the noble Viscount is trying to say that he is not moving Amendment 31A. Am I correct?

Lord Fox | 816 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Fox

32: Clause 6, page 2, line 40, at end insert—

“(2A) ARIA must...

Lord Fox | 816 cc159-160GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones. I will try...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c160GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Fox. It seems entirel...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 c160GC (Link to this contribution)

This has been such a short debate that it is barely worth winding up. I will just reinforce the p...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c160GC (Link to this contribution)

I rise briefly to emphasise the points made by both Front Benches and to say that the Government ...

Lord Callanan | 816 c161GC (Link to this contribution)

Well, it may surprise the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, to know that I largely agree with what sh...

Lord Fox | 816 c161GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his response and noble Lords for their contributions. I shall read close...

Lord Callanan | 816 c162GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

35: Clause 8, page 3, line 35, leave out from “any” to end of ...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc162-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government have brought forward Amendments 35, 36, 44, 45, 46 and 48 in response to...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 816 c163GC (Link to this contribution)

I draw your Lordships’ attention to the fact that, in this group, government Amendments 44, 45, 4...

Lord Fox | 816 cc163-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s comments. Without sounding whiny, this would have bene...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc164-5GC (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox. I have a lot of sympathy with what he has to...

Lord Callanan | 816 c165GC (Link to this contribution)

I can be very brief, because I do not have a lot to add to what I said earlier, beyond acknowledg...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c165GC (Link to this contribution)

I have to respond because of the mocking tone of the Minister. He said I should not be asking how...

Lord Callanan | 816 c165GC (Link to this contribution)

Certainly I apologise to the noble Baroness if she interpreted my remarks as mocking: I was not a...

Baroness Noakes | 816 c166GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Noakes

36A: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Noakes | 816 c166GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, at the request of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe and with the agreement of the Comm...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c166GC (Link to this contribution)

I just want to make a quick observation about this. Obviously, we have argued to have climate as ...

Lord Fox | 816 c167GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I took the time to discuss this amendment with the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, ...

Lord Callanan | 816 c167GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her comments and for stepping so ably into the breac...

Baroness Noakes | 816 cc167-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, let me thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Cha...

Lord Callanan | 816 c168GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

37: Schedule 3, page 13, leave out lines 1 to 14

Member’...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc168-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Bill as introduced to the House added ARIA to the lists of reserved bodies within t...

Lord Lansley | 816 c169GC (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend referred to the agreement having been shared with us, but I am not aware of havin...

Baroness Noakes | 816 c169GC (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend also sent a letter to me following last week’s Committee; that was shared only wi...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc169-170GC (Link to this contribution)

My apologies—we shared it with those who had contributed to the debate on the subject previously....

Lord Lansley | 816 c170GC (Link to this contribution)

It was my intention to contribute to this debate briefly. Since the Minister has referred to the ...

Baroness Randerson | 816 cc170-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, because he shares some of my concerns. I thank t...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc171-2GC (Link to this contribution)

It was slightly surprising to get this agreement so late in the day. Although I have seen that it...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 c172GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to be genuinely helpful to the Minister. It appears that I am the most privilege...

Lord Fox | 816 c172GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has obviously been an unsatisfactory semi-debate. That dissatisfaction has rung ou...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc172-3GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for their comments. First, on the agreement, the text has been agreed by Mini...

Lord Callanan | 816 c173GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

38: Schedule 3, page 13, line 14, at end insert—

“Income...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc173-4GC (Link to this contribution)

Amendments 38, 41 and 43 are consequential on the omission of Clause 10 from the Bill and the nar...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 cc174-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there is a splendid irony in what the Minister has just said as he trotted through the ...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 c175GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his explanation, which I find rather more digestible than the Minister...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc175-6GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

40: Schedule 3, page 13, leave out lines 15 to 30

Member...

Lord Callanan | 816 c177GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

43: Schedule 3, page 14, line 3, at end insert—

“UK GDPR...

Lord Callanan | 816 c177GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

44: Clause 11, page 4, line 29, leave out “any of the followin...

Lord Callanan | 816 c177GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

46: Clause 12, page 5, leave out lines 4 to 8

Member’s e...

Lord Fox | 816 cc177-8GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Fox

47: Clause 14, page 5, line 23, at end insert—

“(1A) Before r...

Lord Fox | 816 c178GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is the last group of amendments in Committee, and it is probably just as well, bec...

Baroness Noakes | 816 c178GC (Link to this contribution)

If ARIA does not exist until the Act is commenced, how can there be a framework agreement that in...

Lord Clement-Jones | 816 cc178-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not need to do very much more. My noble friend is finishing this symphony of a Bil...

Viscount Stansgate | 816 c179GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 47, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord Clement-Jones. I f...

Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 816 cc179-180GC (Link to this contribution)

Committees go in cycles: they can get very serious, but we are now getting towards the end, where...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 816 c180GC (Link to this contribution)

I remind the Minister that, not so long ago, he secured Amendments 37 and 40 on the basis of the ...

Lord Callanan | 816 cc180-1GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank Members who have contributed to this brief debate. I am disappointed that the noble Lord,...

Lord Fox | 816 cc181-2GC (Link to this contribution)

I have a couple of questions before the Minister sits down—or rather, I will now respond. The Min...

Lord Callanan | 816 c182GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Callanan

48: Clause 14, page 5, line 28, leave out “10” and insert “11”...

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