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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I agree with the objective behind the noble Lord’s Amendment 245A. There is a need for this Bill to ensure that multiple contracting authorities may join to award a framework.…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Aberdare and Lord Scriven, and my noble friend Lord Lansley, for their kind words. I will start with the government amendments, because…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Certainly. We have discussed SMEs before; we have gone away to have a look at that issue. I recently held a round table with SMEs. Basically, they were positive about the Bill.…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I think our intention is to try to get rid of the VIP lanes. I will take the point away but there is a committee sitting—it will unfortunately sit for a long time, no doubt—that…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a rather confusing group, so I will start by speaking to the two government amendments. Amendment 237 removes duplication of the direct award ground, which is…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Clearly, I have learned during this debate. I will obviously have to learn a little more about how we have tackled this issue. As was said right at the beginning of the debate,…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will need to take the noble Lord’s first point away and look at it. His explicit point is that there is a bit of legislation, so why do we not refer to it? His second point is…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I look forward to getting delayed in the Lobby in the next Division. I am aware of the concerns regarding Hikvision and other Chinese technology companies; we take these concerns…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I was talking about the international angle and the importance of doing things internationally. I am particularly grateful for the reminder of the need to discuss these…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 185 would require the Minister to publish in regulations a list of countries considered to be at high risk of performing forced organ harvesting. It would also…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]As the noble Lord said, we will come on to discuss those aspects, and I will try to answer that question when we get there. I have probably said enough on that. Amendment 328 in…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]A chilling effect on corruption is obviously positive but a chilling effect on people being prepared to engage in government procurement is not, particularly smaller suppliers,…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]We have to get the right result but we also have to avoid a chilling effect. That is my basic approach to this.24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their kind welcome on my appointment as Minister of State at the Cabinet Office. I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, about my…24 Oct 2022