In 2021, the UK will no longer be subject to EU state aid policy. The UK will follow World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules and the Government will consult on whether to go beyond them. The Government has laid draft regulations to disapply state aid provisions from retained EU law. This article looks at the background on state aid, including its relevance to the Northern Ireland Protocol and the future relationship negotiations with the EU.
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Debate on 6 May: Actions Taken Following the Publication in 2013 of the Report of the Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (325 KB, PDF)
This Library Note briefly describes the background to the establishment of the House of Lords Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). It then discusses the Committee’s recommendations alongside the Government’s responses and examines what developments have occurred since the Government’s response was published in May 2013. The Note concludes with a brief statistical digest of SMEs.
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Debate on 6 May: Actions Taken Following the Publication in 2013 of the Report of the Select Committee on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (325 KB, PDF)
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