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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)As the Minister has outlined, clause 15 relates to planned procurement notices. When used well, such notices allow for significant benefits, both for the contracting authority and…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that important point; I will highlight that further as I make progress. It would be completely wrong, especially when households up and down the country…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Labour does not intend to oppose amendment 27, nor the Government’s changes through clause 116 and new clause 13. Although we of course want the NHS included in clause 2 and the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Hear, hear, and I thank my hon. Friend for making that important point. We all remember the summer flash floods almost two years ago. People may think, “Actually, London is…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I oppose amendment 28; it would remove Lords amendment 46, which was added on Report. Clause 13 currently mandates the Government to give due regard to a number of important…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for making such a vital point. The Minister will wonder why I have so many examples, but just last week, I was notified that another local bank in my…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend makes a valuable point. A number of these companies know that they can get away with it. What they are doing is effectively legal, yet for our constituents who have…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for that point. It is so important, because we have seen what can happen when we do not get procurement right. We all know the impact it has on our local…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for making such a valuable point. I am sure that Members will remember the fantastic private Member’s Bill on fire and rehire promoted by my hon. Friend the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for his explanation of clause 4 and schedule 3, which relate to the estimated value of the contracts, and are both relatively short and simple parts of the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 13, page 10, line 2, leave out “may” and insert “must”. This amendment would require a Minister to publish a National Procurement Policy…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The amendments relate to co-ops and charities, respectively. As a proud Labour/Co-op MP and a huge believer in the co-operative movement, I am proud that the amendments relating…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I start by paying tribute to Sarah, Christopher and Huw in the Public Bill Office for all their hard work in going…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 12, page 9, line 36, after “enterprises” insert “and co-operative societies”. This amendment, together with Amendments 2 and 3, would ensure…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Thank you, Mr Mundell, for your guidance. I agree with the hon. Lady that if we want to ensure that all sectors of our economy recover after the pandemic, it is important that…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that example of why social value is so important. That contract was a missed opportunity to employ local people. We all want those local benefits, and…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I understand the need for a light-touch contracts regime, but I share the concerns expressed in the other place about the scale of the changes. Lady Noakes tabled a probing…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Apologies for my lateness, Mr Efford. Clause 8 refers to concessionary contracts—contracts through which the authority contracts out work on the basis that the contracted company…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Is the Minister aware that the Government’s own “transparency ambition” document outlines a failure to provide for transparency in our procurement system? Some of the measures he…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Our amendment 9 would require social value to be considered as a procurement objective. We welcome the changes made in the other place to include social value in the national…31 Jan 2023