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Procurement Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Coaker (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 July 2022. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Procurement Bill [HL].

Excuse me for interrupting the Minister but I do not understand what he just said. Amendment 80 would make mandatory what the Government have already said procurement is required to do. Procurement Policy Note 06/21, which the Government have published on their website, is titled:

“Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts”.

All the amendment does is clarify the legal status of 06/21, which is the Government’s own policy. Given the line the Minister has taken, I would be parading 06/21 as a good example of what the Government are doing. That is all this amendment seeks to change in the Procurement Bill. The Minister may need a note on this—I appreciate that—but that was the purpose of this amendment. I wonder whether the Minister could clarify what he has just said in reference to Procurement Policy Note 06/21, which we have included in the explanatory statement as the purpose of Amendment 80.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
823 cc498-9GC 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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