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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]18 Jul 2022HANSARDHer Majesty The Queen: “The Faithful”Of course I agree with the right reverend Prelate. It is obviously not the custom of this place to comment on Her Majesty’s opinion or that of any other member of the Royal…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My noble friend makes an important point. There are elements in here which are looking back and there are elements which are about the present. Legal issues are raised here, and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, here I pay the penalty for the discussion we had before the Committee started: there are more government amendments that I must move in this group. I will beg to move a…18 Jul 2022HANSARDHer Majesty The Queen: “The Faithful”My Lords, I agree with every sentiment that my noble friend has expressed about Her Majesty. The position is that the titles are proclaimed by the Accession Council and embraced…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]18 Jul 2022HANSARDHer Majesty The Queen: “The Faithful”My Lords, that is true, and I think I alluded to that. I believe that the unfortunate title of King Ethelred the Unready, who died in 1016, was brought in only in the 1180s. The…18 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Yes please.13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I would be happy to. There were a lot of amendments. I do not want to break down and not continue, but I have about four more minutes to go. With the Committee’s permission, would…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I respectfully disagree with the noble Baroness. It is acknowledged from the other side that value for money is an extremely important criterion. It is one of the things in Clause…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, the Government have the lead amendment in this group, and I look forward to hearing the comments of fellow members of the Committee. Although there is a large number of…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Yes, I hope that letters that are sent out are shared with other Members of the Committee and, if not, I will make sure that they are. I would not want to encourage the noble Lord…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That is the point. Currently, 06/21 refers to “Central Government”, as the noble Lord said, but his amendment applies to “all contracting authorities”, as I read it. If that is…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, obviously my right honourable friend will consider everything in his engagement with the Welsh Government. If the noble Lord wishes to bring forward an amendment, I will…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]As so often, the noble Lord makes an important point. I was charmed by one aspect of his arguments on continuity, when he complained that the Conservative Party kept changing…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Well, I did try to get there but I had an intervention, then another intervention. It would be discourteous not to respond to—or be provoked by, as some may feel—the odd…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]This document was produced at one stage of the process of working towards this procurement legislation to illustrate what the national policy statement might look like. I will…13 Jul 2022