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HANSARDDraft Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Order 2021
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh forms) Order 2021I thank the hon. Lady for her support in this matter, and the constructive way in which she always conducts herself in this House. As to her comments about there not being an…01 Mar 2021HANSARDDraft Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Order 2021
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh forms) Order 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Order 2021.01 Mar 2021HANSARDDraft Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Order 2021
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh forms) Order 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. The orders make sensible provision to support the effective administration of elections. The draft Mayoral and Police…01 Mar 2021HANSARDGovernment Procurement PolicySerco is an approved supplier on the Crown Commercial Service contract centre framework and gained a place on that through fair and open competition, but I accept what the hon.…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCivil Service ApprenticeshipsI commend my hon. Friend on his promotion of his constituents. I have spoken previously about our ambitions to move more and more civil service roles, including apprenticeships,…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCivil Service ApprenticeshipsThe civil service will launch its new apprenticeship strategy next year. The first phase will have delivered 30,000 apprenticeships by next April, but going forward I want to…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Small BusinessesThe UK spends £290 billion on public procurement each year. Now that we have left the EU transition period, we aim to make it simpler, quicker and cheaper for small and…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Small BusinessesI agree with my hon. Friend that the opportunities in this space are huge, and we think that our reforms will play a huge role in our post-covid recovery. For too long, complex…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Small BusinessesAbsolutely. I know that my hon. Friend, as someone who has run a business herself, understands the bureaucratic frustrations that too many of her constituency businesses come up…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Small BusinessesMy hon. Friend is quite right. Our proposed procurement reforms will not in themselves deliver change unless commercial teams across the public sector actually understand how to…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Small BusinessesI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting this; she raises an important point. I am happy to look into the specifics of the case and take it up with officials, or she might want to…11 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment Procurement PolicyThe end of the transition period provides an historic opportunity to overhaul our dated public procurement regime. We undertook an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement to…11 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Fraud Initiative: Data Matching Purposes and Code of Data Matching PracticeThe Cabinet Office is looking to consult on widening the national fraud initiative (NFI) data matching powers and updating the NFI code of data matching practice. The powers are…10 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will continue to work with charities and civil society organisations, including those that represent Traveller and Roma communities, to ensure that voter ID is inclusive of all…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCivil Service JobsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is a fantastic champion of Blackpool, and it has been great to see icons of civic pride, such as the Tower ballroom, secure culture…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCivil Service JobsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He has a fantastic record of championing employment and investment in his region from his time with the Greater Birmingham Chambers of…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCivil Service JobsWe want to make the administration of government much less Whitehall-centric and more reflective of the country as a whole. The Government are committed to an ambition to relocate…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ConsultantsI would not agree. It is very important to understand that every contract went through the same eight-stage process, where it was looked into. The contracts were done on the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ConsultantsWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will croak through these questions together. Working effectively with the private sector, including external consultants, has undoubtedly…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ConsultantsI am not sure what the implications of extending FOI would be in terms of commercial confidentiality, but I am happy to look into that for the hon. Lady. The Green Paper is there…17 Dec 2020