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HANSARD Civil Service PayI know the right hon. Gentleman is new to this House, and I am delighted to be able to tell him that the minutes of this debate will indeed be recorded for posterity. He will…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThose conversations are ongoing, as the hon. Gentleman will be aware. It is not within my remit to speculate on that.07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThe hon. Gentleman will have heard me say that we consider there to be many advantages to this model. The purpose of Westminster Hall debates is for the Minister to come and…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayOn a point of order, Mr Pritchard. The right hon. Gentleman knows full well that there was no flippant remark about PCS whatsoever. [Interruption.] There was no flippant remark…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayI respect the hon. Lady’s position. However, that is not the position that many of her colleagues have taken here today. It is important that the Labour party comes to an agreed…07 Mar 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsThe hon. Gentleman might find, if he did that, that people would be asking for a lot of other information to be published about Members at the ballot box. The public are perfectly…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing the debate. It is a pleasure to be in an Adjournment debate with him again; I sometimes think that only…23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsCould the hon. Gentleman set out what those exceptions would be? I am afraid that I cannot remember from his Bill.23 Feb 2023HANSARD MPs and Second JobsI am enjoying the hon. Gentleman’s speech. He has ascribed a quotation to a Conservative MP. Would he mind saying who it came from, so that we know it is not just a vague…23 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)New clause 16 seeks to ensure that authorities have regard to social value when carrying out procurement for services to support victims of violence against women and girls.…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)Thank you, Mr Mundell, for chairing so ably and excellently. I thank the Clerks for their fantastic work. I thank my tireless officials, without whose expertise I would not know…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Mundell. I can feel an air of excited sadness in the room because there is a possibility that the Committee may…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)New clause 18, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris), would allow public authorities to apply their own policies, under which they would not…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)New clause 5 would require contracting authorities to obtain carbon reduction plans from suppliers for contracts above £5 million per annum. In 2021, the Government implemented a…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady gives a very good example of how the existing regime allows for outsourcing. We are building on that: the playbook that I described is there to help all contracting…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I understand what the hon. Lady is saying. Obviously, the 2012 Act will continue to apply to procurement of services to support victims of violence against women and girls.…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady’s new clause is on the procurement transaction system. We are absolutely delighted with the Opposition’s enthusiasm for our online system. The Bill already contains…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I am very happy to play Ray Robinson to the hon. Gentleman’s LaMotta. He will remember fondly, as I do, that Jake LaMotta said, “I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it is a…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I will be delighted to tell our friends in Ukraine that, because of the advice they gave us earlier, there is no need for the new clause. We have a great partnership with Ukraine,…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to respond to the debate on new clause 7, which mandates a review of the procurement of the fleet solid support ships programme and requires findings to be…21 Feb 2023