Tuesday 16th November 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Public Bill Committees
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Seema Malhotra Portrait Seema Malhotra
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I thank the Minister for giving way. Could he clarify—

Michael Tomlinson Portrait The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Michael Tomlinson)
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The Minister is not giving way. The hon. Lady is making a speech.

Seema Malhotra Portrait Seema Malhotra
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. Will the Minister clarify that last point, as to how a subsidy under a scheme could be regarded—if I understood him correctly—as a new subsidy, and treated as a new subsidy for the purposes of a challenge?