Procurement Bill [Lords]

The right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point on national security, particularly the risk pos...

I did not send the hon. Lady a copy of my speech but I am glad she has jumped into this because I...

I am glad that my right hon. Friend has moved this amendment, which as he knows I strongly suppor...

The Cabinet Office must now decide the pace of this change. I hear that it is talking about six m...

On telecoms, not TikTok in this instance. According to reports last week, the UK telecoms arm of ...

That is not the subject of the amendment but I will touch on it briefly. I have already spoken to...

I really appreciate the right hon. Member giving way again. Would he consider asking the Governme...

I agree that that would be the common-sense way of doing it; I think we are all on the same page ...

I rise to speak in favour of a number of new clauses and amendments to improve transparency and a...

The hon. Lady has just described PFI contracts in harsh terms, and she is now going on to procure...

The problem has existed through successive Governments. However, I recognise it through my NHS tr...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum), and I think t...

Just to add to my hon. Friend’s list, as we move to electric vehicles we are about to make oursel...

I agree completely and I thank my right hon. Friend for that point. I would not even like that de...

I rise to speak to my new clause 12 on the protection of subcontractors’ payments under construct...

I will speak primarily to new clause 1, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingf...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. May I return him to the procurement point about wha...

My right hon. Friend is, of course, right. He and I and others in this place who have been sancti...

I have a genuine question for my hon. Friend, who is making a brilliant speech, and for the Minis...

My hon. Friend poses a very good question. Whether it is on moral grounds, on the basis of what t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. He has set out an alarming set of issues around t...

I do not wish to alarm my hon. Friend, but I am afraid that what we have heard is alarming. The t...

I rise to speak to a number of amendments. It is worth highlighting that the bread and butter of ...

The hon. Lady is being very complimentary about an amendment that I tabled and she kindly signed ...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Of course, if evaluation is built in from the beginning, the com...

This has been a very interesting debate, veering from grand geopolitics to the sourcing of public...

I am fascinated by the speech my hon. Friend is making, because he is right in one sense about th...

My right hon. Friend makes important points, and I recognise the difficulty of comparing our prod...

I wish to associate myself with the remarks made by hon. and right hon. Members across the House ...

I rise to speak to my amendment 68, which was tabled with not just my signature on it, but those ...

Value for money is, of course, at the heart of procurement, and we all want to see it. The Royal ...

Absolutely; that is a good and broad-based example that proves the concept’s breadth of applicabi...

The Liberal Democrats support the provisions in the Bill that will speed up and simplify procurem...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney). I rise to speak to am...

Exclusion and debarment could be a very effective way to incentivise good governance within suppl...

I agree with my hon. Friend and commend her for the considerable amount of work she has done on w...

This House, this country and the British public

have a long ...

It has been an incredibly wide-ranging debate. Everyone has had the opportunity to speak on their...

It is a pleasure to wrap up a very interesting Report stage on this landmark piece of post-Brexit...

May I be clear? On the question I was asking, and have been asking, the Government have moved, pa...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. He will have heard me say earlier that we understa...

I just want to make sure that the Minister has not forgotten my new clause 12.

I absolutely have not, and I am very much looking forward to getting to it after I gone through t...

I remind the Minister that new clause 12 covers contracts worth over £2 million, so it is not for...

I accept the hon. Lady’s point, but there are other circumstances to consider, which I have just ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I stand here today proud of the pr...

Will the Minister give way?

I keep promising my colleagues that I will be brief, but I will always give way to the hon. Lady....

The Minister is being very generous with his time. He will not be surprised by my question. I was...

I am sure I could try to produce a one-hour solution, or I could be more direct with the hon. Lad...

On that point, will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will also have a meeting with my hon. Friend, if he wishes.

Construction businesses are terribly important. If the Government could do something about the ba...

My hon. Friend is vociferous on the issue of the River Wye. He never misses an opportunity and ha...

I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

5.43 pm

I start where the right hon. Member for Horsham (Jeremy Quin) left off, by saying thank you to al...

It is a bit late in our proceedings, but I really would encourage the right hon. Lady to read the...

I think the Minister knows full well that I have read the Bill, and it is a real shame that in th...