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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, it is Committee and my noble friend and all other noble Lords are entitled to intervene as much as they wish. She makes an important point, and I was just on that…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I will have to take counsel and advice on that, and I will certainly come back. As I said, the fundamental position is to try to keep things as they are, exempting…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, if that is an offer to come back tomorrow and carry on, I do not know how popular that will be. There are many things that I like about the noble Lord opposite. First,…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I think the noble Lord makes a slightly different point. It is a point of concern, and we discussed it on the earlier group. I understand that how much is in secondary…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I take the noble Baroness’s point and understand what she is saying. This takes me back to the opening remarks. We have doubts about the appropriateness of including wider policy…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I could not possibly be tempted, particularly at 8.04 pm when the Committee needs to finish shortly and I already have a very long response to a large number of…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken. Of course, this is Committee in your Lordships’ House, the whole purpose of which is to probe, challenge, ask and seek greater…06 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, I do not bring myself to the Dispatch Box; it is your Lordships who invite me to come. When invited by such an august body of people, it is difficult to refuse. There is…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, I understand the tenor of the right reverend Prelate’s question. I repeat what was said in the Statement: it is for us all in public life to choose for ourselves how to…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, I am certainly prepared to uphold high standards in relation to the questions the noble Baroness opposite has asked. She asked about the review going forward and the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, others have their view. I have seen the press release from the noble Lord, Lord McDonald. I thought it unusual for him to release such a letter to an investigation…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeNo, those matters are, as the noble Lord quite rightly says, for the British people, who elected this Prime Minister. So far as investigations are concerned, we have processes. We…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given to an Urgent Question in the other place earlier today. The Statement is as…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, I do not know the circumstances of the alleged meeting. I saw the press release from the noble Lord, Lord McDonald, but I do not think it referred to a personal meeting…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeNo, I do not accept that in the most general terms. I believe many people in this House and outside this House have very strong views about the individuals concerned in this,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will certainly reflect on anything that is said in Committee. “Combined authority” has a particular meaning and understanding. Local authorities can procure things together…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I am not sure that the First Minister is looking for a federation. Where a procurement is being undertaken by one or more local authorities that are in the business of carrying…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I was actually coming on to the rest of that but, with respect, the noble Lord asked me a specific question about government communications in his utterance; therefore I was…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, they are negotiated in the usual channels. Sometimes it is a fatal thing in your Lordships’ House to express an opinion, in all respect to your Lordships, of how I think…04 Jul 2022