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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and the noble Lord, Lord Scriven. I will not continue with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, as it sounds as though the…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will start by trying to answer the point that the Civil Service has rules and this Bill is far wider in its application, which we accept. If we are too prescriptive in listing…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]To come back to how you do it, you can do things in guidance as well as in the Bill. I take the noble Lord’s point that consistency would be helpful, but I have explained that…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this group seeks to deal with amendments relating to treaty state suppliers. There are three minor government amendments either to improve the drafting or to ensure the…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]The noble Lord’s question was why social considerations are not in the Japan agreement but they are in the Australia agreement. The answer is that every trade deal is unique. The…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]The honest truth is that we seem to have a bit of a disagreement on this; maybe a bilateral discussion would be helpful. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, also raised a question on…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I think the greatest brains behind me have not managed to answer the noble Baroness’s question—she has bowled another good ball. Perhaps we can add that to the list for our…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]26 Oct 2022