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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2021
UK Space Industry

"Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as well as my role as an officer of the all-party group on space.

I think we would all agree that space is absolutely fantastic and fascinating for our …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)

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Has the Minister made an assessment of the resources that would be needed to look after a list such as this, not only to compile a list of hostile actors but to look after things like GDPR? There could be any number of legal challenges by companies that find themselves …

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 08 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)

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On how all this will be policed, the Minister is talking about an incredibly important issue that is crucial to the Bill, but it is a bit like the tax evasion problem, in that a tax evader can be prosecuted only when they have been caught. What policing measures are …

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Q When you were answering Chi Onwurah’s question, you posed the question, why would you buy a company if there is just a 1% risk that you would not be able to sell? I was going to ask you how the Bill could be market distorting in terms of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Q Very quickly, although this looks at equity investment, do you have any thoughts about the fact that debt holders can be much more influential and therefore possibly get away with the assets?

James Palmer: I heard the question that you raised this morning on that. I am not …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Q My apologies for not being here at the beginning. I am interested in your work on sovereign wealth funds and private equity funds, in terms of working out the value of an investment asset. We heard evidence in the first session this afternoon—I do not know if you …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Competition?

Will Jackson-Moore: Yes, there will be more competition for international flows of capital. As I have said, I do not think this Bill in its own right fundamentally changes the attractiveness, but it does create another level of shorter-term uncertainty, just because people have not seen it operating in …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Q Let me rephrase the question, then. Countries have directions of travel. Do you think that our direction of travel, as evidenced by things like Brexit and possibly this Bill and others, is a direction to a less attractive place, or not? If you were in government with a …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)

"That is very helpful. Thank you...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 26 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)

"Q I will carry on with the line you took just now about an investor’s potential influence over or access to a company. A little earlier, you were talking about start-ups who sought to get staged financing in order to try to build their businesses. Of course, there are …..."
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