Procurement Bill [HL]

My Lords, in moving Amendment 91 I will support all the other amendments in this group.

In ...

My Lords, as in Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, has made a very eloquent, po...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 141, which is in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord A...

My Lords, I rise to speak to the cross-party amendment in my name, alongside those of the noble L...

My Lords, as other speakers have alluded to, we have been in this place before, but the things we...

My Lords, often in this House there are important occasions when there are really good debates. O...

My Lords, I am grateful for the debate on this issue, and I hope that the House will forgive me i...

My Lords, if it is helpful to the noble Baroness, I say that, because of the time and because we ...

I think that would be extremely helpful. I am grateful to the noble Lord.

I turn finally to...

Before the noble Baroness leaves that point, it is important to put on the record that we current...

I do take these issues seriously and I commented on diversification, which I have personally been...

Just before the Minister sits down, so we understand, because some may want to press this to a Di...

If the noble Lord looks at Schedule 6, which is the criteria for the debarment list, he will see ...

My question was: is it the Government’s intention to use the debarment list for these types of co...

They are mandatory grounds for exclusion, so if you find that you have a security issue—as we obv...

My Lords, this excellent debate has been both moving and profound, because it has dealt with horr...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

92: Schedule 7, page 107, line 20, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

94: After Clause 61, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, I would like to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

98: Clause 63, page 42, line 27, leave out from “by” ...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

100: Clause 64, page 44, line 8, at end insert “or in...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

101: Clause 65, page 44, line 21, leave out from “by”...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

102: Clause 68, page 46, line 22, leave out from “by”...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

103: Clause 70, page 48, line 12, after “awarded” ins...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

104: Clause 72, page 48, line 29, leave out “£2” and ...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

106: Clause 72, page 48, line 35, after “awarded” ins...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

108: Clause 74, page 50, line 25, before “contracting...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

110: Clause 76, page 51, line 10, after “a” insert “c...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

114: Clause 77, page 51, line 34, after “a” insert “c...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

115: Clause 78, page 52, line 12, after second “a” in...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

117: Clause 79, page 53, line 26, leave out paragraph...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

122: After Clause 80, insert the following new Clause...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

124: Clause 83, page 56, line 8, leave out “, below-t...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

126: Clause 84, page 57, line 2, leave out from “proc...

Moved by

Lord Fox

127: Clause 84, page 57, line 13, at end insert—

“(3A) A cont...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 127 on behalf of my noble friend Lord Purvis, who is unfortuna...

My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox, who has asked some interesting questions ...

With respect, I am not sure that Pepper v Hart works for the noble Lord saying that. We are looki...

Anyway, I am on my feet not to try to answer the noble Lord’s question but to explain Amendment 1...

My Lords, both the amendments in this group ask for clarification and information from the Minist...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate, particularly the nobl...

I think the Minister has just confirmed the point I was making. On that basis, contracting author...

I think the point I made is that contracting authorities need to follow the provisions of the Bil...

As noble Lords can see by the vexed look across my brow, I am both out of my depth and no compren...

I should perhaps make it clear that I do not think this is something we would expect to come back...

That is completely understood. I do not think we will be bringing back an amendment. Do not worry...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

128: Clause 85, page 57, line 31, leave out from “mea...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

129: Clause 88, page 59, line 15, at end insert—

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

131: Clause 89, page 59, line 17, after first “a” ins...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

132: Clause 90, page 59, line 36, leave out subsectio...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

134: Clause 92, page 60, line 26, after “with” insert...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

138: After Clause 98, insert the following new Clause—

“Au...

My Lords, I say from the outset that this is a probing amendment to give us the opportunity once ...

My Lords, I had to be absent for two and a half weeks in late October and early November and my n...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, is right to remind us not just of events in V...

My Lords, I first thank noble Lords for their contributions. I understand fully that the proposed...

That is totally acceptable, and I am very appreciative of it. The reason I asked was because the ...

I join the noble Lord in welcoming that and also ask that the Minister includes currency because,...

I hear both noble Lords. To put a little context around this, the MoD has not been sitting in som...

I thank the noble Baroness for her reply and her offer of a letter. I stress how important that l...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

139: Clause 99, page 64, line 42, at end insert—

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

140: Clause 100, page 65, line 23, at end insert—

Tabled by

Lord Alton of Liverpool

141: After Clause 101, insert the following new Cla...

With the leave of the House, I shall speak for a moment on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Str...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

142: Clause 102, page 66, line 23, leave out “the awa...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

147: Clause 103, page 67, line 19, leave out “the awa...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

150: Clause 104, page 67, line 42, leave out from “to...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

155: Clause 105, page 68, line 25, leave out from sec...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

157: Clause 106, page 69, line 30, at end insert “dev...

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

165: Schedule 10, page 113, line 39, at end insert—