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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)As I said, I understand why the Minister says that there should be some discretion, and that it should lie with the contracting authority. However, does he agree that such…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. Amendments 23 and 24 would ensure that everyone on the debarment list is excluded from the procurement system, except…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 23, in clause 57, page 39, line 22, after “mandatory” insert “or discretionary”. This amendment would make a supplier or an associated person on the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I understand the Minister’s concern and his admission that the Government will consult those disability charities, but does he agree with me that, as it stands, there are…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 56, page 38, line 38, at end insert— “(5A) For all procurement which is intended for use by natural persons, whether the general public or…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)As the Minister outlined, the clause relates to key performance indicators and lays out how they will be assessed in the system. Subsection (2) mandates an annual assessment of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The amendments help to clarify some of the technical provisions relating to the presentation and meeting of United Kingdom standards, as referred to in subsection (5). The…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for outlining that. The clause is simple. It ensures that when a tender or transparency notice is published, there must be a notice if the contracting…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clauses 71 and 72 relate to the treatment of subcontractors in the system. We welcome the clauses as a step forward in the attempt to ensure the prompt payment of subcontractors.…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for the points he has outlined. Amendment 54 is largely uncontroversial, removing an unnecessary provision from clause 74. Amendments 55 to 58, taken…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clauses 77 to 79 relate to provisions that allow for the termination of contracts in specific circumstances. The implied circumstances include the contract being awarded or…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Clause 22 gives contracting authorities the power to set conditions of participation for contracts where necessary to get the suppliers to fulfil their full terms of contract.…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this morning, Mr Efford. Taken together, amendments 20 and 21 would specify that small and medium-sized enterprises should be…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As the Minister outlined, clause 16 gives local authorities the power to undertake pre-market engagement. Although it may be expedient for there not to be pre-market engagement in…02 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic ProcurementUnfortunately, the Procurement Bill in its current form does very little to prevent a repeat of the VIP scandal that, sadly, contributed to almost £10 billion-worth of personal…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 16, page 12, line 35, after “suppliers” insert “, including small and medium-sized enterprises,”. This amendment, with Amendment 21, seeks to…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for her support. At the moment it is clear that SMEs find the process frustrating and time-consuming. In his written evidence to the Committee, Colin Cram,…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The Minister has said that there is no need for amendment 25, but it would cover similar grounds to those that we are discussing and would go further, ensuring that SMEs are given…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As the Minister outlines, the clause obliges authorities to divide larger contracts into smaller lots where that is appropriate for the contract. That is a useful and necessary…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that valuable point. What we want for SMEs, and what SMEs tell us they want, is fair access to Government contracts—public money that should be going…02 Feb 2023