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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Could my noble friend help me on the legal effect of the Civil Service management rules? It is my understanding that they cannot actually be enforced in a court of law because it…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have Amendments 415 and 419 in this group. In addition, I will speak to Amendment 417, which is in the name of my noble friend Lord Moylan but originated as an…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I feel obliged to pursue this issue just a little further. When I spoke to the amendment, I referenced the imbalance of power between contracting authorities and small and…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have Amendment 236 in this group. It probes the relationship between direct contract awards and framework contracts. Direct awards are allowed under Clause 40 if they…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have several amendments in this group. The first is Amendment 264, a probing amendment to find out why standstill periods, which are generally required by Clause 49,…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I, too, welcome my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe to her new position. As she knows, she and I share many views on the Bill; indeed, we supported each other’s…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]A moment ago my noble friend said, in respect of the amendment by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, that she did not want decision- makers trying to weigh up complex financial matters,…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, we have heard many speeches today from the anti-growth coalition, and doubtless there will be more. Noble Lords do not say that they are against growth, but they support…10 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have two small amendments in this group, Amendments 330 and 332. I must say that this group contains far too many issues to be debated effectively. My own are minor,…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 107 in this group. The large part of this group is government amendments, but my two small probing amendments have found their way into…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not think my noble friend the Minister can move her amendments yet; she will move them when they are reached in their proper place on the Marshalled List. I thank…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, with the leave of the Committee, I will move Amendment 60 in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley and speak to Amendments 61, 63 and 64 in his name. As on our…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had a very wide-ranging, and rather long, debate on this group of amendments. I will start with my noble friend Lord Lansley’s Amendment 61, on the list of…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]We would not mind if my noble friend made it shorter.13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lansley has three amendments in this rather diverse group. The first is Amendment 118, which adds another requirement for tender notices under…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]It is the right group, but I have not introduced the amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is speaking before all the amendments have been spoken to.11 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 38, 50, 97 and 100 in the name of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe and, as she has already said, she has added her name to Amendment…11 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this group includes my noble friend Lord Lansley’s Amendment 53. Like some of the other amendments in this group, it is defines “public benefit” in Clause 11, which the…11 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]11 Jul 2022