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HANSARDProcurement 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 ] (Eighth sitting)The clause makes it clear that certain restrictions on the legislative competence of the Senedd do not apply in relation to powers granted to Welsh Ministers under the Bill. That…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Well, Mr Mundell, I reassure the Committee that my batteries are, if not at 100%, still perfectly green; I have many Duracell hours left in me. We have consulted with the DPRRC.…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)The clause and schedule 11 between them set out the legislation that will be repealed, revoked and disapplied once the Bill comes into effect. That includes the Public Contracts…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)The clause provides a power for an appropriate authority to make regulations to reduce the regulation of private utilities under the Bill. That power may be used, for example, to…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Under the Bill, we have already reduced the regulatory burden for all types of contracting authorities, not just private utilities. Because the four sets of regulations will be…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Clause 118 sets out the relevant procedures associated with the making of regulations under the Bill. They must be exercised by statutory instrument or equivalent powers in…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Clause 119 defines words and phrases of general application in the Bill that are not listed elsewhere—for example, “appropriate authority” is defined as a Minister of the Crown,…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)Clause 121 provides a power to make regulations that make supplementary, incidental or consequential provision. It is a standard clause that means that the Government can make…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chair-personship again, Mr Mundell. It is good to be back for the fourth day of deliberation in Committee. Clause 80 is clear that a…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The rules on contracts that are valued below the thresholds set out in schedule 1 broadly represent a continuation of the position under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)It will be in secondary legislation. Question put and agreed to. Clause 83 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 84 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 85…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for supporting the clauses. As we are nearing the end of our debate today, I will come back on a couple of points that the hon. Lady made so that we…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)To address the most pressing issue in this group, I must confess to having a Celtic heritage. Indeed, my grandfather was from south Wales, and his grandfather was born in the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Part 7 of the Bill is concerned with the implementation of the United Kingdom’s international obligations. The UK is currently party to 24 international agreements that contain…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)One family, one Wales. I am pleased to hear the hon. Gentleman support NATO and the Government’s actions with regard to our allies in Ukraine. He will know that we have a trade…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Certainly, if there was an international agreement and the Scottish Government wished to legislate or regulate to implement it, that would be our preference. As I say, it is…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)A contracting authority is required to publish a pipeline notice if it reasonably expects that, in the coming financial year, it will pay more than £100 million under relevant…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Clause 95 provides that regulations may be made requiring certain information to be shared in a particular way. The power will be used to specify that contracting authorities and…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The threshold of £2 million was set following the determination that that was the best balance of realising the benefits of transparency against the efforts made by contracting…09 Feb 2023