Public Services (Social Value) Bill (formerly known as the Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill). Report stage debate. New clauses debated and withdrawn. Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill read the third time and passed.
Public Services (Social Value) Bill
Debate on bills on Friday, 25 November 2011,
in the House of Commons,
led by Chris White.
The answering
member was Nick Hurd.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
536 c572-609 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Public Services (Social Value) Bill. As amended in Public Bill Committee. (Bill previously known as the Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill).
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Bills
House of Commons
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Nick Hurd | 536 c600-1 (Link to this contribution)
I have nothing to add to what I said in Committee. The Bill is reasonably clear about where it will ...
Nick Hurd | 536 c600 (Link to this contribution)
I accept that point, and to some degree that is what we are doing today. We are moving forward on th...
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Hazel Blears | 536 c587 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has shown a great deal of courage, determination and tenacity in getting his Bill...
Richard Fuller | 536 c575 (Link to this contribution)
I am listening to the hon. Gentleman's speech with great interest. He is making a point not only abo...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c575-7 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point when he says that the Bill, although its scope is substantial...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c605-6 (Link to this contribution)
I will certainly do all that I can to encourage its passage. I hope that I have demonstrated to the ...
Richard Fuller | 536 c606-7 (Link to this contribution)
I wholeheartedly support the Bill promoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (...
Philip Hollobone | 536 c605 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has correctly described this as a useful Bill. Will he give the House the assuran...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c605 (Link to this contribution)
Let me again congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White). He has done a ma...
Chris White | 536 c604-5 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
I will be brief, as a great deal of what n...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c603-4 (Link to this contribution)
We have had an excellent debate on new clause 1 and its associated new clauses, with an excellent sp...
Nick Hurd | 536 c601-3 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted. I thoroughly enjoyed the first meeting that the right hon. Lady invited me to,...
Hazel Blears | 536 c601 (Link to this contribution)
This is a really important point. There is a plethora of ways to measure social value. I mentioned i...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c600 (Link to this contribution)
Will construction be covered by the clause on social value?
Hazel Blears | 536 c607-8 (Link to this contribution)
I shall be brief, because I had the opportunity to make my comments at length during the debate on t...
Nick Hurd | 536 c608-9 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White) is bathing in the warm glow of th...
Mike Freer | 536 c593-4 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White) for gettin...
Fiona Bruce | 536 c591-3 (Link to this contribution)
May I, too, pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White) for th...
Hazel Blears | 536 c589-91 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree. I was about to say that this is not just about the social enterprise sector. One o...
David Nuttall | 536 c589 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree that there are many instances of innovation in some public sector organisations and...
Chris White | 536 c587 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Lady for that intervention. I appreciate the tremendous work that she has put...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c587 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Richard Fuller | 536 c589 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Lady has a lot of support for the work she has done in her career to support social e...
Hazel Blears | 536 c589 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely share the hon. Gentleman's point. The economy is difficult, there is less money around ...
Chris White | 536 c587 (Link to this contribution)
I am about to conclude.
I appreciate that we all have a duty to ensure that the best legislation ge...
Hazel Blears | 536 c587-8 (Link to this contribution)
I support new clauses 1, 2 and 3 and the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow W...
Mike Freer | 536 c599-600 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for his clarification of the guidance from my right hon. Friend the Se...
Nick Hurd | 536 c598-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am very much prepared to accept, as I have in public on many occasions both in the House and outsi...
David Nuttall | 536 c594-5 (Link to this contribution)
It is, as always, a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Gree...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c595 (Link to this contribution)
Yes there were.
David Nuttall | 536 c595-6 (Link to this contribution)
Oh, there were Divisions in Committee.
This Bill plays a large part in the big society agenda. Once...
Speaker | 536 c596 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I have given the hon. Gentleman quite a lot of latitude, as I have with other Members, but we...
David Nuttall | 536 c596 (Link to this contribution)
I am obliged to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In fact, I was just making my final point, so if I may, I...
Nick Hurd | 536 c596-8 (Link to this contribution)
May I start by adding my voice to those who have congratulated my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick...
Hazel Blears | 536 c598 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister acknowledge that it was in fact the previous Labour Government who introduced the ...
Hazel Blears | 536 c583 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend will recall that in Committee I raised the example of B4Box, a construction social en...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c582-3 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes the interesting point that public sector-run organisations can be extremely suc...
Chris White | 536 c584-7 (Link to this contribution)
I thank all those who have enabled the Bill to get to this stage today. It is a rare feat for a Bill...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c583-4 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend made a very valid intervention in Committee on exactly this point, and I shall ...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c580-2 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point about Barrett Homes. I draw his attention to subsectio...
Therese Coffey | 536 c582 (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate the point made by the right hon. Member for Salford and Eccles (Hazel Blears) about how...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c582 (Link to this contribution)
My recollection is slightly different; we remember that in the 1980s there were substantial cuts in ...
Ian Murray | 536 c582 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for allowing me to make a small contribution on this point. The publicly owne...
Mike Freer | 536 c580 (Link to this contribution)
Before we move off new clause 1, may I draw the House's attention to subsection 5(b), which contains...
Speaker | 536 c572-3 (Link to this contribution)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
New clause 2—Local authority strategies—"...
Hazel Blears | 536 c574 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend share my regret that the original Bill, which was genuinely about social enterpr...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c573-4 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Chris White) not only on his choice of su...
David Nuttall | 536 c575 (Link to this contribution)
On the subject of money, may I ask whether the hon. Gentleman has assessed the possible cost of prod...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c574-5 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes an important point. The Bill represents a huge missed opportunity for the...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c575 (Link to this contribution)
I have not, but the explanatory notes prepared by the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington for Sec...
Hazel Blears | 536 c577-8 (Link to this contribution)
I wonder whether my hon. Friend shares the following concerns, particularly in respect of the nation...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c578-80 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend. It is precisely because of the concern she has raised on...
Gareth Thomas | 536 c572 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
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