Subsidy Control Bill

My noble friend makes a good point. We will be publishing the guidance as soon as it is available...

My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for his engagement with our team and the offers of det...

My Lords, we on these Benches support a legal system of state aid subsidy support, built on the p...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill, which puts in place a subsidy regime that will deliver for the who...

My Lords, I apologise if I discombobulated my noble friend by asking a question at Second Reading...

My Lords, in introducing the Bill, the Minister said that we are getting away from an overburdens...

My Lords, the Subsidy Control Bill, following on from our experience of the internal market Act a...

My Lords, the Explanatory Notes of the Subsidy Control Bill say, in very grand words, that the Bi...

My Lords, this Bill is highly unusual. It may be unique in the world because I do not think any o...

My Lords, contrary to what the Minister said in his introduction, the Subsidy Control Bill is yet...

My Lords, the starting point I have for this Bill is that we need a subsidy regime for the United...

My Lords, I heard state aid described this morning as something that people do not get very inter...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to the Second Reading of this Bill. As he was...

My Lords, the Bill raises a number of serious questions, for example, around lower transparency—a...

My Lords, we plainly need a proper subsidy control regime and we need independent enforcement. We...

My Lords, I am happy to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and indeed some of his ar...

My Lords, I hope that your Lordships will forgive me if I return to the issue of the Northern Ire...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. Clearly, we need to implement a much better new system for subsidie...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend—

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My Lords, the Bill spells trouble—trouble between the nations of the UK, and because it sets out ...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness for my over-eagerness to speak in this debate, and th...

My Lords, I too would like some clarity on the Bill. For example, there are some key exemptions i...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. This has been a reall...

My Lords, I thank all noble Baronesses and Lords who have participated in this Second Reading. Ac...

I thank all noble Lords for their engagement ahead of today’s debate and their contributions this...

Sorry to intervene, but to be clear so that I understand: what the Minister has just said is, I t...

It would depend on a number of factors, and whether the subsidy complies with the set of basic pr...

The Minister said that this was supported by the majority across the UK, but he has not acknowled...

I do not have a regional breakdown of the responses to the consultation, but this is a UK-wide sy...

The Minister is being generous in giving way this evening. For the record, will the Minister say—...

I will reflect on that, speak to officials and write to the noble Lord about the appropriate defi...