Subsidy Control Bill

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 6 and 64 and I would like to say a word or two about t...

My Lords, I am delighted to have added my name to Amendments 6 and 64 in the name of the noble an...

I shall make a few remarks with regard to Amendments 6 and 64 in particular. The noble and learne...

We are very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, for tabling these amendments rel...

My Lords, I will not detain the House too long. Before Committee, I talked all those who were int...

I apologise to the Minister and thank him for giving way. I am struggling a little with why the G...

No, I think the noble Lord is being unfair; the operation of these schemes is entirely optional. ...

I am sorry to prolong this, but is the Minister now saying that, for a streamlined scheme that is...

They could choose not to use the scheme if they wished, but it would be a UK-wide scheme. They wo...

I have a point of clarification, because this aspect draws two areas together. Given that agricul...

I understand the point that the noble Lord is making, but the idea that the UK Government are goi...

I do not think I said that there would be a streamlined scheme from the UK that would be uniquely...

There is a difference in principle here. Subsidy control is a reserved matter. Under the memorand...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and for the various points that h...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

7: Clause 10, page 6, line 36, at end...

My Lords, the amendments in the name of my noble friend address the findings of the 17th report o...

My Lords, this group of amendments gives me an opportunity to express my appreciation to the Mini...

Your Lordships will remember that I made a very long speech on the DPRRC’s reports and I would li...

My Lords, we now come to the first mass grouping of a government concessions package. Like others...

My Lords, this has been a short but constructive debate, and I welcome noble Lords’ support for t...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

8: Clause 11, page 7, line 8, after “reference” insert “(among...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

10: Clause 16, page 9, line 22, leave out from “if” to end of ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

14: Clause 18, page 10, line 24, at end insert—

“(4) The...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

15: Clause 25, page 13, line 32, leave out subsections (4) to ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

16: Clause 26, page 14, line 14, leave out subsections (4) to ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

17: Clause 27, page 14, line 40, leave out subsections (3) to ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

18: Clause 32, page 17, line 17, at end insert “, and

(c...

My Lords, I rise to move the government amendments in my name, with more than a modicum of deligh...

My Lords, as the Minister has set out, this group includes a number of concessions around the tra...

My Lords, this group of concessions, as the Minister has outlined, is significant because of both...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord McNicol, for their relatively supportive comments. I c...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

19: Clause 33, page 17, line 28, leave out “£500,000” and inse...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

21: Clause 33, page 17, line 31, after “given” insert “as a su...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

31: Clause 36, page 19, line 28, at end insert—

“(3A) In...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

32: Clause 38, page 21, line 8, at end insert—

“(3A) In ...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

33: Clause 41, page 23, line 13, leave out from “requirements”...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

35: Clause 42, page 23, line 39, leave out “(a)”

Member’...

Moved by

Lord Callanan

45: Clause 47, page 26, line 26, at end insert “, and

(b...

Moved by

Lord Fox

47: Clause 55, page 30, line 40, after “State” insert “or the CMA”<...

I rise on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, to move Amendment 47 and also speak to Amendment...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 55. I first thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Cr...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. We should pay tribute to the noble and learned ...

My Lords, I support the second part of the amendment tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord T...

My Lords, I too support Amendment 55. I travelled from Scotland this morning to support it, so I ...

My Lords, I will detain the House for only a moment as it must take for read my feelings on the d...

My Lords, as we move to the final group it seems that Covid has claimed yet another victim in the...

I thank all those who have contributed to the debate. It has been a good discussion, both tonight...

Have I been fired as the Minister’s speechwriter?

If the noble Lord is going to write my speeches, he might as well write them for my noble friend ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his answers, although many of them are disappointing. On Amend...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

52: Clause 65, page 37, line 17, leav...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

59: Schedule 3, page 58, line 4, leav...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

60: Clause 79, page 45, line 30, at e...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

62: Clause 81, page 46, line 39, leav...

Moved by

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

63: Clause 87, page 49, line 20, leav...