Procurement Bill [HL]

Noble Lords opposite laugh at the concept, but one of the most prominent of these regulations was...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive introduction to the Bill, which is quite com...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be working on this Bill with a new set of colleagues: a new s...

My Lords, I may be a relatively new Member of your Lordships’ House, but I suspect that the Secon...

My Lords, I am very glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevens. He very helpfully reminded us th...

There are only 11 schedules to my copy of the Bill.

Forgive me—it was actually added to Schedule 9. But I am referring to paragraph 3 in Schedule 11,...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very impressive introduction. This is an important new fra...

My Lords, speaking on defence matters, I am not used to having detailed legislative scrutiny. We ...

My Lords, with his customary thoroughness in opening today’s debate, the noble Lord, Lord True, o...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I start by drawing attention to ...

My Lords, like others, I thank the Minister for his meticulous introduction to this Bill. It is a...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. It is a ...

My Lords, my interest in this large and complex Bill relates to how it will affect the ability of...

My Lords, there is a lot to like in this Bill and, like my noble friend Lord Maude of Horsham, I ...

My Lords, I declare my interests, as listed in the register, as a chair, vice-president or commis...

I think it is actually 34 years.

I take the noble Baroness’s challenge: I will do the maths shortly and pass her a note, althoug...

My Lords, I will speak briefly. I associate myself entirely with the remarks of my noble friend L...

My Lords, I too welcome the Bill but I want to make five short points. First, as a victim of bad ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, who showed how much more i...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow my noble friend. I agree with his views on the pub...

My Lords, I will focus my remarks on what went so badly wrong with the procurement of PPE and how...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger, and to identify totally wi...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord. With 28 years of experience in local govern...

My Lords, it has been an interesting, wide-ranging debate. I will base the bulk of my speech on t...

My Lords, my contribution relates to the Bill’s impact on registered providers of social housin...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Best. As always, he was extremely...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. I will not speak abo...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Maude, remarked that this is a dull subject and implied that we ar...

My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Wallace. It is a privilege to follow him and s...

My Lords, I thank very much all those who have taken part in the debate. Myriad points have been ...

I thank the Minister for giving way. I am confused and I am sure he can help me. Clause 82(1) spe...

My Lords, I was hoping to make progress and I know that your Lordships would like to conclude the...

Write a letter.

I will indeed write a letter. It is very helpful to have my noble friend write my speeches for me...

I do not want to detain the House, but, since my noble friend Lord Strasburger made some serious ...

The noble Lord made a speech that went wide of the Bill. I will look at what he said in Hansard a...