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Subsidy Control Act 2022

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2021-22

Act of Parliament (1)

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

Subsidy Control Act 2022 (c. 23)
28 April 2022

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

Bill 296 2021-22 (Lords Amendments to the Bill)
29 March 2022
Commons
HL Bill 137 (as amended on Report)
22 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113 (as amended in Grand Committee)
9 February 2022
Lords
14 December 2021
Lords
Bill 196 2021-22 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
19 November 2021
Commons
Bill 196 2021-22 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
19 November 2021
Commons
Bill 135 2021-22 (as introduced)
30 June 2021
Commons
Bill 135 2021-22 - large print
30 June 2021
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 296 EN 2021-22
29 March 2022
Commons
14 December 2021
Lords
Bill 135 EN 2021-22
30 June 2021
Commons
Bill 135 EN 2021-22 - large print
30 June 2021
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Grouping of Lords Amendments by Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng - 20 April 2022
20 April 2022
Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 13 December 2021
13 December 2021
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 18 November 2021
18 November 2021
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 16 November 2021
15 November 2021
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 4 November
4 November 2021
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 2 November
2 November 2021
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 28 October
27 October 2021
Commons

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

Subsidy Control Bill: Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
15 March 2022
Lords
Subsidy Control Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
15 December 2021
Lords
Memorandum by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 July 2021
Commons

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 20 April 2022
20 April 2022
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 19 April 2022
19 April 2022
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 14 April 2022
14 April 2022
Commons
HL Bill 113-I Marshalled list for Report
18 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113(e) Amendment for Report
17 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113(d) Amendments for Report
16 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113(c) Amendments for Report
15 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113(b) Amendments for Report
14 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 113(a) Amendment for Report
7 March 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-IV(a) Amendment for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
8 February 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-IV Fourth marshalled list for Grand Committee
7 February 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-III Third marshalled list for Grand Committee
3 February 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-II Second marshalled list for Grand Committee
31 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-I(a) Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
28 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84-I Marshalled list for Grand Committee
27 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84(d) Amendments for Grand Committee
26 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84(c) Amendments for Grand Committee
25 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84(b) Amendment for Grand Committee
21 January 2022
Lords
HL Bill 84(a) Amendments for Grand Committee
20 January 2022
Lords
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 13 December 2021
13 December 2021
Commons
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 13 December 2021 - large print
13 December 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 10 December 2021
10 December 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 8 December 2021
8 December 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 7 December 2021
7 December 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 1 December 2021
1 December 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 18 November 2021
18 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 17 November 2021
17 November 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 16 November 2021
16 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 12 November 2021
12 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 5 November 2021
5 November 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 4 November 2021
4 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 3 November 2021
3 November 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 2 November 2021
2 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 1 November 2021
1 November 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 29 October 2021
29 October 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 October 2021
28 October 2021
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 October 2021
26 October 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 25 October 2021
25 October 2021
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 24 September 2021
24 September 2021
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 20 April 2022
20 April 2022
Commons
Report Stage Proceedings as at 13 December 2021
13 December 2021
Commons
All proceedings up to 18 November 2021 at Public Bill Committee Stage
18 November 2021
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Subsidy Control Bill
13 January 2022
Lords
Briefing Paper on Progress of the Bill
7 December 2021
Commons
Briefing Paper on Second Reading
16 July 2021
Commons

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

24th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
23 March 2022
Lords
17th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
13 January 2022
Lords

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Have your say on the Subsidy Control Bill
1 October 2021
Commons

Written submissions from outside bodies and individuals are circulated to MPs appointed to examine the Bill during committee stage in a Public Bill Committee. The following written submissions were sent to this committee.

Written evidence submitted by Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Scottish Government (SCB06)
19 November 2021
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Ardtornish Hydro (SCB05)
19 November 2021
Commons
Written evidence submitted by The Centre for Public Data (SCB04)
5 November 2021
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP (SCB03)
3 November 2021
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose, DWF (SCB01)
29 October 2021
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Rolls-Royce plc (SCB02)
29 October 2021
Commons

List of related Impact Assessments

Impact Assessment from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
14 March 2022
Impact Assessment from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 July 2021

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Fox and Lord McNicol regarding challenging a specific subsidy granted under a scheme, as discussed during the Report stage.
28 March 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Peers regarding an update on the progress of the Bill and new Government amendments: transparency, levelling up, Subsidy Advice Unit, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Report, devolution.
15 March 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Purvis regarding the committee stage debate (fourth day): questions raised concerning subsidy schemes, the UK Internal Market Act and the non-discrimination principle for goods.
24 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Thomas regarding the committee stage (fourth day) debate: clarification to an answer given concerning recovery of damages against authorities that give subsidies wrongly.
18 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord German and Lord Purvis regarding questions raised during the committee stage (fourth day) debate: recruitment in the Competition and Markets Authority, and the number of new posts created to establish the new Subsidy Advice Unit.
18 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Lamont regarding the committee stage (third and fourth day) debate: clarification of points regarding the Subsidy Advice Unit and the Competition and Markets Authority.
18 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Baroness Jones regarding how the Government defines fossil fuel subsidies.
7 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Purvis regarding issues raised during the Committee Stage (second day): Levelling up fund, relocation prohibition.
7 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Fox and Baroness Sheehan regarding points raised during the Committee stage (second day): scheme transparency and challenge, use of local content data.
7 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Baroness Jones regarding further details on the Government's approach to Net Zero, as requested in the committee stage debate (first day).
2 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Fox regarding a point raised in the committee stage debate (first day): market failure, evolution of a market and assessment of the potential impact of a subsidy.
2 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Purvis regarding questions raised in the Bill committee stage debate (first day): nuclear Regulated Asset Base model, support for Small Modular Reactor programme and Principle G in Schedule1.
2 February 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Peers regarding the publication of illustrative regulations, guidance and examples of streamlined routes for the Bill.
25 January 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Bruce regarding an issue raised during the Second Reading: the inclusion of agriculture and fisheries within the scope of the Bill.
25 January 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Purvis regarding the geographical area of a market, in the context of the term “market failure”, as discussed during the Second Reading.
25 January 2022
Letter from Lord Callanan to Lord Leigh regarding questions raised during the Second Reading debate: value for money, statutory guidance, further controls and restraints, ailing and insolvent enterprises.
25 January 2022
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Kirsty Blackman MP regarding issues discussed during the Committee stage: Clause 68, the governance arrangements for the Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU), the misuse of subsidies, Minimal Financial Assistance.
22 November 2021
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Seema Malhotra MP regarding a person’s ability to ask the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) to review a subsidy made under a subsidy scheme, as discussed during the Committee stage.
22 November 2021
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Kirsty Blackman MP and Seema Malhotra MP regarding Clause 60 (post-award referrals) of the Bill, as discussed at Committee stage (eighth sitting).
9 November 2021
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Kirsty Blackman MP and Seema Malhotra MP regarding clarification on Clause 37 and the procedural requirements for the provision of Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA), as discussed during the Committee stage
9 November 2021
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Seema Malhotra MP regarding a point raised during the committee stage: how 'persons under common control" are treated under the provisions of the Bill.
2 November 2021
Letter from Paul Scully MP to Kirsty Blackman MP regarding matters connected to clause 16.
1 November 2021

Full transcripts

Committee Debates: compilation pdf of sittings so far
18 November 2021
Commons
18 November 2021
Commons
16 November 2021
Commons
16 November 2021
Commons
4 November 2021
Commons
4 November 2021
Commons
2 November 2021
Commons
2 November 2021
Commons
28 October 2021
Commons
28 October 2021
Commons
26 October 2021
Commons
26 October 2021
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
22 September 2021
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
13 December 2021
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
13 December 2021
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords amendments

Consideration of Lords Amendments - Commons Hansard link
20 April 2022
Commons

Lords 1st reading

14 December 2021
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

19 January 2022
Lords

Lords Committee stage

9 February 2022
Lords
7 February 2022
Lords
2 February 2022
Lords
31 January 2022
Lords

Lords Report stage

Lords Hansard - Part 1
22 March 2022
Lords
Lords Hansard - Part 2
22 March 2022
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

28 March 2022
Lords

Royal Assent

28 April 2022

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
14 December 2021
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
19 January 2022
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings
9 February 2022
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
7 February 2022
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
2 February 2022
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
31 January 2022
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings - Part 1
22 March 2022
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - Part 2
22 March 2022
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
28 March 2022
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
28 April 2022