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HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsThe short answer is yes. Thanks to the work of my noble friend Lord Agnew, who has been working on this matter for a considerable time, my hon. Friend can look forward to further…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is very kind of the hon. Gentleman to be concerned about my position and I am very grateful to him. My position is clear: the Prime Minister answers to the people of this…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPress Conference Rehearsal: Consequences for StaffAs the hon. Gentleman knows, this matter is under the purview of a senior civil servant—the second permanent secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities,…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsI do not accept that characterisation. The court found that we did not rely on referral to the high priority lane when awarding contracts in certain cases, but that it was a…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his excellent question. As he knows, the Prime Minister is bringing forward some of the biggest reforms in decades in this country. One of them…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsI do not accept that characterisation of any technical breaches that may have occurred. If the hon. Member looks at the judgment, he will see that the court ruled yesterday that…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsIn December 2020, we published the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper on “Transforming Public Procurement”. We intend to bring forward these detailed and…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsThe Conservative party is a party of free trade and a free economy. I do not know about the Labour party. We are improving procurement and thereby having a major effect on the…13 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI cannot begin to imagine the personal tragedy and loss of the family, friends and relatives the hon. Member described, and there is no attempt to do so on my part. All I can say…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventCertainly not. If that were the case, there would be no investigation. The very fact that there is an investigation in progress—the very fact that this matter is in the public…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThe Prime Minister will be here tomorrow, as I have said, in the normal course of events. He will continue to represent the Government of this country and recognises better than…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI cannot prejudge the investigation, but of course it is a source of considerable personal regret that anyone should suffer that imposition, inconvenience and distress, of which…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI am very sorry for the hon. Member’s loss. He has asked me if the results of the investigation will be made public, and they will be.11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI do not know and I presume that that can be a question that Sue Gray can inquire into.11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThere is absolutely no indication of anything along those lines, so the hon. Lady is mischaracterising the position and jumping the gun. It is best not to make political points…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThe Prime Minister will come to the House tomorrow for Prime Minister’s questions and the Leader of the Opposition, or his deputy, will have the opportunity to ask questions then.…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThe hon. Gentleman makes those accusations; they are not supported by the evidence and he should wait to see what the result of the investigation is. The Prime Minister…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI have already said, and I will repeat, that those who were unable to celebrate the high holy days of their religion suffered a terrible imposition, whether that was at Easter for…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventSurely the hon. and learned Lady would know about the pillars of fair justice. She knows that it is necessary to wait for the result of the investigation. She would know that…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI think the hon. Lady is fair—I am sure she is fair—and I think she does clearly know that no disrespect is intended, but what she does not recognise is that what is also fair is…11 Jan 2022