Could my noble friend help me on the legal effect of the Civil Service management rules? It is my understanding that they cannot actually be enforced in a court of law because it would act as a restraint on the individual’s ability to earn a living. So the rules might exist and there might be advisory bodies et cetera, but it has always been my understanding that they cannot actually be enforced in a court of law. I am not trying to speak for the amendment, but the advantage of it is that it creates a statutory basis for it to have legal effect.
Procurement Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Noakes
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 October 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Procurement Bill [HL].
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