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Subsidy Control Bill

I am grateful to the Minister; he is being very generous. This is just to confirm this point: if a public body is able to self-define an area under this clause, there would be nothing to prevent the Scottish Government from defining the area as Scotland. They could therefore offer relocation subsidies to businesses in England to relocate to Scotland,

and vice versa; there would be nothing to stop the Secretary of State from defining the area as England, which would be more worrying, and therefore having subsidies that are specifically for those relocating from, say, Wales.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
818 c215GC 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
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