Part 7: Subsidy Control Subsidy Control Section 53: UK subsidy control consultation engagement with the devolved authorities on the Government response
Section 53 commits the UK Government to engagement with the devolved authorities on the Government’s response to the forthcoming UK subsidy control consultation.
	This section will ensure that the Secretary of State will provide a draft of the proposed response to the consultation to the devolved authorities, inviting them to make representations within a period specified. The Secretary of State will then consider any representations and determine whether to alter the final report in light of that consideration.
	For the purpose of this section, "the UK subsidy control consultation" is the forthcoming consultation committed to by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in a written Ministerial statement made in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020 (consultation on whether the UK should go further than its existing international commitments in relation to subsidy control, including whether legislation is necessary). This section is limited to this consultation.
	This consultation requirement is in addition to any engagement with the devolved authorities in the course of the forthcoming UK subsidy control consultation.