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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I would like to briefly thank all those who have spoken. I agree with them on almost everything, and I also agree that we should commend my noble friend Lord True, now the Leader…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, having taken over this crucial Bill from the now Leader of the House, I have had the pleasure of hearing a range of informed contributions from across the House on it.…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.13 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionThat is often the case; my noble friend is right. As I have already said, they were offered an improved deal. Obviously, negotiations are a matter for unions and employers, but we…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionAs I said, the Government do not negotiate; it is for the employers and the unions to get together. There have been negotiations that involve not only pay but changing practices,…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionI thank the noble Baroness for her question. These are the sorts of details that the military, the COBRA unit and the departments that may need help from the military are looking…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionI agree with my noble friend, and that is a very good point on which to end this useful exchange.07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionMy Lords, as a responsible Government, we have been planning and continue to prepare for a wide range of scenarios. Tried and tested contingency measures are in place to minimise…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionOn the noble Lord’s first point, I will write to him as it is really for the Department of Health and I do not know the answer. On his wider point, I agree with him that it is…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionAlthough I sympathise with the noble and gallant Lord’s points on the wider question of the Army, this is not something that I can comment on. However, I can say that, as he…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionThe Government have done a great deal to try to move things forward. On rail, which the noble Lord referenced, a new and improved deal, backdated, at 4% this year and 4% next…07 Dec 2022HANSARDStrike ActionI have a great deal of admiration for Royal Mail. The way that it kept going and delivered all our mail through Covid, and has changed its operating model to do parcels and…07 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministerial InterestsMy Lords, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my honourable friend to an Urgent Question in another place. The Statement is as follows: “Mr Speaker,…30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]30 Nov 2022