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Independent School Fees: VAT (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Scully: ...distributed: something like 20% of secondary schools are over capacity. Those are the best ones—the ones that people want to get into. Prep schools are already fragile. Those that go up to 13 are already having to change their business models. This policy would be another nail in the coffin of pupils’ aspiration, as we have already heard. It would not lift life chances; it would just...

Human Rights in Hong Kong — [Derek Twigg in the Chair] (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Scully: ...a new immigration path for BNO passport holders to make the UK, including Sutton, their home, and that the Foreign Secretary brought in the Chinese ambassador in the formal diplomatic démarche on 13 July are all to be welcomed. But we will always take a slightly different approach from the US, because we have a different relationship with China in relation to trade. Our soft-diplomacy...

Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Cybersecurity: Education (19 Jul 2023)

Paul Scully: ...Centre delivers a range of initiatives through CyberFirst, including a schools and colleges recognition programme, the undergraduate bursary scheme, and the CyberFirst Girls Competition for 12-13 year olds. As part of this effort, DSIT also delivers the Cyber Explorers platform for 11-14 year olds. In the North East, girls from 17 schools entered the CyberFirst Girls Competition and 15...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 161 - Notification requirements: applications (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: ...163 imposes a requirement on trading standards departments in England and Wales to notify the CMA if they intend to start proceedings for an offence under an enactment listed in part 1 of schedule 13 to the Bill. Clause 164 empowers UK courts to notify the CMA of relevant convictions and judgments. Bringing convictions and judgments to the attention of the CMA that it might not otherwise...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 139 - Overview (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: Part 3 of the Bill provides for two regimes for the civil enforcement of consumer protection law: a court-based regime and a direct enforcement regime for the CMA. Clause 139 provides an overview of part 3. Clause 140 sets out the scope of the court-based and CMA direct enforcement regimes. First, the regimes are limited broadly to the trader’s acts or omissions that amount to commercial...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 69 - Power of access (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 69, page 39, line 18, after “access” insert “business”. This amendment limits the power of the CMA to require access to premises so that it may be used only in relation to business premises.

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 69 - Power of access (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: Government amendments 13 to 24 remove possible ambiguities about the scope of the power of access, and of a firm’s duty to co-operate with a skilled person, so that they are aligned with similar Digital Markets Unit information-gathering tools. Clause 69 allows the DMU to require firm-led tests or demonstrations under the DMU’s supervision. That backstop power of access will be available...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 69 - Power of access (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: ...entry to domestic premises only under a warrant, under clause 73. Its interview and entry powers may also be exercised only in respect of individuals and premises in the UK. Government amendments 13 to 24 will preserve those important limits on the DMU’s powers and ensure consistency across the DMU’s information-gathering toolkit.

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 20 - Permitted types of conduct requirement (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: ...by empowering the Secretary of State to amend this list, subject to parliamentary approval. The list reflects insights drawn from the CMA’s market studies and regulatory expertise. It captures 13 well-evidenced types of anti-competitive behaviours including self-preferencing, tying and bundling, and the unfair use of data. Conduct requirements could be used to ensure that SMS firms...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 19 - Power to impose conduct requirements (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: ...three months proposed in the amendment. That is because the DMU can develop tailored conduct requirements informed by, and alongside, the designation investigation. That is facilitated by clauses 13(2) and 24(3), which enable the DMU to carry out the public consultation on strategic market status designation alongside the public consultation on any proposed conduct requirements. Although...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Clause 9 - Initial SMS investigations (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Scully: ...ongoing. The Government believe that in order to reprioritise resources if needed, the DMU should have the discretion to close an initial SMS investigation before reaching a final decision. Clause 13 sets out that the DMU must consult on its proposed decisions as part of an SMS investigation. It is important that the firm under investigation, as well as all relevant parties, has an...

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (17 May 2023)

Paul Scully: ...innovation, investment and growth should be at the heart of what our regulators do. The growth duty does not currently apply to Ofwat, Ofgem and Ofcom, which regulate sectors that account for 13% of annual private UK investment. As I announced on 10 May, in the coming months the Government intend to consult on reforms to regulation with economic regulators, and on how best to promote...

Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Data Protection (27 Feb 2023)

Paul Scully: Articles 13 and 14 give data subjects the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data. Article 13 and 14 already stipulate that controllers must include (i) information about the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended as well as the legal basis for the processing, and (ii) information about the rights available to the data subject in...

Public Bill Committee: Online Safety Bill: Clause 12 - Adults’ risk assessment duties (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Scully: ...that the Bill could cause tech companies to censor legal content, I seek to remove the so-called “legal but harmful” duties from the Bill. These duties are currently set out in clauses 12 and 13 and apply to the largest in-scope services. They require services to undertake risk assessments for defined categories of harmful but legal content, before setting and enforcing clear terms of...

Public Bill Committee: Online Safety Bill: Clause 12 - Adults’ risk assessment duties (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Scully: Absolutely. I will come on to Ofcom in a second and respond directly to his question. The removal of clauses 12, 13 and 55 from the Bill, if agreed by the Committee, will require a series of further amendments to remove references to the adult safety duties elsewhere in the Bill. These amendments are required to ensure that the legislation is consistent and, importantly, that platforms, Ofcom...

Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Housing: Fire Prevention (24 Oct 2022)

Paul Scully: The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are in advanced negotiations with developers and will publish the contract once it has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Housing: Fire Prevention (13 Oct 2022)

Paul Scully: The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are in advanced negotiations with developers and will publish the contract once it has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Housing: Fire Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Scully: The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are currently working with developers and other stakeholders to finalise the terms of the contract and we will publish the final form of the contract as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Housing: Insulation (28 Sep 2022)

Paul Scully: The Government published a draft of the remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has received comments and held discussions about the draft with various parties including the Home Builders Federation and individual developers. We are working to finalise the wording of the contract, including with respect to the scope and standard of works to be performed. We will publish the final draft of...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Business: Coronavirus (20 May 2022)

Paul Scully: ...14-12-2020 11-01-2021 25-01-2021 08-02-2021 22-02-2021 08-03-2021 22-03-2021 08-04-2021 19-04-2021 04-05-2021 17-05-2021 14-06-2021 28-06-2021 26-07-2021 23-08-2021 04-10-2021 01-11-2021 06-12-2021 13-01-2022 07-02-2022 07-03-2022 04-04-2022 03-05-2022.


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