"It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. It is important to recognise what the constitution of the UK says, and that is very clearly that powers and competences are reserved to the United Kingdom Government. We do not have a system of equivalence; there …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"No, I was observing that there is a discussion taking place within the Senedd about the number of Members, and one of the arguments for increasing that number is about improved scrutiny, because having more Members would allow for greater and more effective scrutiny of internal operation, and therefore any …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"Q It is a pleasure to be here with you in the Chair, Ms Nokes.
Welcome to this Committee of the UK Government, Mr McKee. We are discussing a UK Government instrument and within that there are provisions made for the role of the devolved Administrations. Clause 10 gives …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"Q I will ask the question in a slightly different way, then: does the Bill give you powers to do things that you were not able to do when the UK was part of the EU?
Ivan McKee: To answer your question, we don’t know. We do not know until we have made a subsidy and then someone decides that they want to challenge that at some point down line. Until then, we will not know whether we have …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"Q If I understand you correctly, you are saying that when we were within the EU, there was certainty that came from being told what we could and could not do. May I suggest that clause 10 gives the devolved Administrations scope to set their own subsidies? That was …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"Q I am grateful that you used the word “potentially” because there is not a certainty around that; it is only potential. The fact is that clause 10 does set the freedoms for the devolved Administrations to set their own subsidy schemes, so I am grateful to you for …..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"There are very specific exclusions for inclusion on the central database. Would my hon. Friend extend his argument to consideration of those excluded items as well?..." Robin Millar - View Speech
"From the Opposition Benches this afternoon, we are hearing a lot about asymmetry. In particular, we are hearing about a lack of involvement and so on. I will not make any points about sovereignty—I do not wish to go down that road—but I will make a simple observation and perhaps …..." Robin Millar - View Speech