Subsidy Control Bill Debate

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Lord Redwood

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Subsidy Control Bill

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Building Safety Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments
Wednesday 20th April 2022

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. This is what I mean about using other areas of law; other areas testing the value of the use of public money will be better suited for addressing exactly those points, but I very much take the one she makes.

Lord Redwood Portrait John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
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Would it not in future be possible for the Government, when offering a subsidy to companies, to specify that they need to meet certain labour standards so that the subsidies regime would apply?

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