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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 19, page 14, line 21, at end insert— “(ba) may disregard any tender that offers a price that the contracting authority considers to be…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I will certainly let the hon. Gentleman know. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North raised a number of general points; I encourage her to go back and read Hansard. I am delighted…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I cannot give the hon. Gentleman an absolutely categorical answer, but I can tell him that procuring authorities have it within their power to use that as part of a suite of…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Amendments 95 to 99, tabled by the hon. Member for Leeds East, would place legal requirements on contracting authorities in respect of the Resolution Foundation’s real living wage…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Clause 19 describes the rules that apply to the award of a public contract following the conclusion of a competitive tendering procedure. Contracting authorities are able to award…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Question put and agreed to. Clause 18 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 19 Award of public contracts following a…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is wonderful to hear the hon. Gentleman supporting our Bill once more. Making contracts more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises is a major purpose of the Bill. It…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As the hon. Lady will see in clause 18(2), contracting authorities will be required either to arrange by lots or to report on that; they will be required to give a reason, so…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The clause requires the contracting authority, before advertising the opportunity, to consider whether the contract can be split into smaller chunks, or lots. That may be the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Clause 12 sets out the procurement principles that establish what the Bill is designed to achieve, and how its success will be judged. The clause splits the procurement principles…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 2, page 2, line 13, leave out “including the NHS”. This amendment would remove the specific reference to the NHS because the NHS falls within…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Opposition for their support for the clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause 1 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 2 Contracting authorities31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am delighted by the hon. Lady’s enthusiasm to hear my next paragraph. The relevant NHS bodies that are covered by the Bill will be specifically identified in regulations made…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, and with all hon. Members on both sides of the Committee. This is a significant piece of legislation in this…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Absolutely. This is all part of our enhanced transparency regime, which will make it much easier for everyone—authorities, suppliers, the public, the press, and hon. Members of…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Clause 15 concerns the planned procurement notice. It is designed to give as much advance information to the market as possible, so that interested suppliers can determine whether…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am delighted to follow the hon. Gentleman’s comments about Wales. I must say that work on this Bill has been an absolute model of co-operation between us in Westminster and…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I hope the clauses can stand part of the Bill.31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Amendment 7 would require “cyber security” to be added to the list of principles to which Ministers should have regard when drafting a national procurement policy statement, and…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 28, in clause 13, page 10, line 9, leave out paragraph (b). This amendment would remove the requirement for a Minister of the Crown to give due regard to…31 Jan 2023