Public Procurement

My right hon. Friend asks a pertinent question—one that was at the forefront of Ministers’ minds ...

Will the Minister give way?

I would be delighted to give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

I thank the Minister for giving way—at least it will enable him to draw breath—but could I ask a ...

The right hon. Gentleman knows what is coming, because he asked me this question a number of time...

rose—

I will give the right hon. Gentleman one more go.

We have a lot of time and a thin House. I presume that the United States is also a signatory to t...

If the right hon. Gentleman looks at the details of the trade deals that we have with other count...

I call the shadow Minister.

4.10 pm

Labour Members will not be opposing the regulations, which provide the detail needed for the Proc...

It is difficult to come up with a good system that has the right balance, because the taxpayer’s ...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right on that, but very often the primes get the contract ...

There will be that bias. Sometimes it is right, and it is always understandable, but Ministers an...

The right hon. Member makes a very good point. The self-employed have been telling me about the a...

I entirely agree. That is where the more transparent and simpler system will be very good, and we...

I call the Scottish National party spokesperson.

4.26 pm

The SNP does not oppose the draft Procurement Regulations 2024. Their context is a deeply unwelco...

Some underlying reasons for the PPE failures were the lack of industrial capacity, the complete i...

The right hon. Member made a number of important points, not least that we allow the atrophy of o...

I would like to make a couple of observations before I get on to the main thrust of my argument.<...

My right hon. Friend is making a very good speech and I fully agree with what he is saying. One o...

It is true that the social weighting applied here is insufficient, but European countries also se...

Is there not also a strong national security argument for procuring all defence items in Britain ...

That is exactly right. One of the arguments for buying steel from, mainly, Sweden—and possibly fr...

I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend, who has been a doughty campaigner on this issue in all the...

I absolutely agree. Hopefully then, we will achieve what Mr Churchill argued for in the early par...

I thank the Minister for bringing forward the regulations. I know that he is passionate about thi...

I thank the Minister for his opening speech, in which he mentioned all the devolved nations. It w...

I call the Leader of the House, Alex Burghart.

4.57 pm

Gosh—the Leader of the House? One day, Mr Deputy Speaker.

It has been a pleasure to listen ...

Will the Minister give way?

I am always delighted to give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

I thank the Minister for his positive remarks.

Cannot Government, as customer, prescribe ra...

I am sure the right hon. Gentleman knows that that is often the case. We do have requirements for...