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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Amendment 27 and new clause 13 are necessary to address amendments made in the other place that would, if left, be problematic to the proper functioning of the Bill and to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesSuper. I look forward to debating that further in the weeks ahead. The Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for Vauxhall, rightly highlighted that debarment is a crucial area…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesHooray.25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairwomanship for the first time, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) on securing the debate. As the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesIf the hon. Gentleman is talking about fleet solid support ships, they are built to a British design. There is a huge amount of construction in Belfast and Appledore—the final…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesI am happy to give way to my old adversary from Bootle.25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesI blush to quote the hon. Gentleman back at him, but there is a lot less of the form of retention that he describes in this Bill than he would have found in the existing European…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesThe hon. Gentleman will get a final answer in Committee, but I can tell him that we have had nothing but productive and courteous conversations with our counterparts. I believe…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesI hesitate to remind the hon. Lady why funding for local authorities was reduced, but it had something to do with the behaviour of the Labour Government up to 2010. We all…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement ProcessesThe hon. Gentleman heckles me with a smile on his face, but the fact is that those decisions were made by highly capable and competent civil servants whose decisions have been…25 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him just before Christmas. If people do not turn up, they do not get paid. If people turn up and are involved, why not have their…10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformThe hon. Member for Glasgow North is about to sum up, but I will let him intervene.10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformWe have already listened very closely to arguments made in the Lords, and we have already started to make policy improvements based on some of their recommendations. That does not…10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship today, Sir Gary. I join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) on securing this very…10 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformNow you are doing my summing-up speech.10 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend raises an excellent point, which I was happy to discuss with her earlier. Obviously, the issue is under active consideration. In her speech, she also referenced…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I warmly welcome the new hon. Member for City of Chester (Samantha Dixon). I could not help but notice that the Chamber filled up slightly when she was speaking—almost as though…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]If the right hon. Gentleman had witnessed the consultation that was held on the legislation, he would see that the problem very much was in Brussels. For a very long time now,…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]Oh, I would be delighted to.09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]The platform is based on a system that we already have. We are confident that we will be able to introduce it in line with bringing this Bill into force. Obviously, we have to…09 Jan 2023