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HANSARDInsourcingA priority for this Government is reforming procurement and how we deliver our public services. For too long, successive Governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD Ernest BevinI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) for securing the debate and for his excellent speech, and I thank other hon. Members for their…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Ernest BevinI certainly will. Does my hon. Friend want to intervene because I mentioned Bristol?27 Apr 2026HANSARD Ernest BevinI completely agree. I would like to see Bevin celebrated more in Bristol and across the country, particularly for his contribution to NATO and to the trade union movement. Bevin’s…27 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementAs I informed the House yesterday, I am bringing forward a major package of reforms to procurement policy. This includes steps to direct Government procurement in the national…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementThe Government are, of course, concerned about the risks that my hon. Friend has mentioned. There are strong safeguards in the Procurement Act 2023 to preserve the integrity of…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue again. As I said in the House yesterday, Denby is an iconic British manufacturer, and I know the anxiety that the workforce will feel…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I also met Royal Mail in my constituency recently and had a similar conversation, and I understand his point. As I say, I am not…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Communities should be benefiting much more from the taxpayers’ money we are spending on procurement. I believe he mentioned two businesses in…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic ProcurementThe hon. Gentleman is right to flag that concern, and it is something that the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is working hard on with a package of reforms around…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic Sector InsourcingAs I set out to the House yesterday, this Labour Government are ending the age of outsourcing. We will introduce a public interest test to require all Departments to assess…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPublic Sector InsourcingThe Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office updated the House on this yesterday, and he has answered a number of questions on that issue. I do agree that insourcing…23 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement: British CompaniesAs I have said, this Government do not believe that our procurement rules do enough to back British businesses. That is why I have announced steps to address that, and to simplify…23 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement: British CompaniesMy hon. Friend is spot on, and I thank her for championing her local business while making a bigger point about how we need to support British jobs more widely. We have set out…23 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. He is right about the reforms that we are trying to make to public procurement, and to improve our number of electric vehicles. I will…23 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have said, one aim of the Government’s procurement reforms is to ensure that we support more British companies and end the reliance on external suppliers. The two Palantir…23 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. Social value should be integral to the system, but the current system has become too tick-boxy and does not deliver what it needs…23 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement Strategyrose—22 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyEvery year this country spends around £400 billion of taxpayers’ money on procurement—and, if we are honest, under the current complex system, we do not always spend it as wisely…22 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyYes. My apologies, Mr Speaker. I was told it was five minutes, but I completely apologise.22 Apr 2026