Procurement Bill [HL]

My Lords, I should start by apologising for not being able to be present for Second Reading, but ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 186, 292, 297, 315, 319 and 519. I express my gratitude to t...

My Lords, I rise very briefly and with great pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and L...

My Lords, I support Amendments 54, 104 and 535 and will speak to Amendments 67 and 116, which I h...

My Lords, this is an important group of amendments, which focus on what we believe work in this c...

My Lords, I am sorry to disappoint. The following amendments are concerned with placing additiona...

Why would breaches of ILO conventions not apply to bidders in this country if they apply to bidde...

As that is a legal question, I shall get a legal answer for the noble Lord, and I will certainly ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the response and to those who took part in this relatively short deba...

Tabled by

Baroness Noakes

60: Clause 12, page 9, line 2, leave out “may” and insert “...

My Lords, with the leave of the Committee, I will move Amendment 60 in the name of my noble frien...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. In the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Worthin...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Before I speak to Amendment 66, I ex...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I have already spoke...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendment 75A in my name. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I have Amendment 71 in this group, which is a simple probing amendment seeking to under...

My Lords, I have several amendments in this group: Amendments 69, 70, 76 and 79. It was interesti...

My Lords, I apologise; this is my first appearance on this Bill as I missed Second Reading. I ris...

My Lords, public and parliamentary debate on the national procurement policy statement is a very ...

My Lords, I apologise for my late arrival. I will be brief. Amendment 65 in my name and the conse...

My Lords, I have waited until the latter stages of this debate before intervening, for the simple...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I agree with him, but I will ta...

My Lords, this has become a fascinating discussion, particularly when linked to the previous grou...

Does the noble Lord accept that you need to do that as much for procurement directors as for the ...

I particularly did not use the prism of public sector procurement professions, because I thought ...

I just wanted to add something to my amendment; I thank Members of the Committee for their suppor...

My Lords, I wish the noble Lord, Lord True, well. I hope that he feels better than he did. I will...

I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. This has been an extremely interesting and thought-prov...

The Minister referred to that document as a “draft statement”. My understanding is that it is a n...

This document was produced at one stage of the process of working towards this procurement legisl...

I have just one more question. It is about periodicity. From the point of view of a contractor, i...

As so often, the noble Lord makes an important point. I was charmed by one aspect of his argument...

The Government have put some objectives into legislation, such as the climate change targets. Wha...

I remember well when we were debating the then Climate Change Bill how important it was to includ...

On a serious note, I add the example of pension schemes. The Government have laid a series of res...

In the real world, we are dealing with a Bill which relates to contracting authorities. The count...

Is it not the case that small and medium-sized enterprises are facing these requirements from oth...

I hear that but I must say this: it is sometimes quite extraordinary to listen to noble Lords. Yo...

I thank the Minister for that answer and for getting to it at the third time of asking, by which ...

Well, I did try to get there but I had an intervention, then another intervention. It would be di...

I am grateful for and accept the integrity with which the Minister is putting that forward and th...

My Lords, obviously my right honourable friend will consider everything in his engagement with th...

Excuse me for interrupting the Minister but I do not understand what he just said. Amendment 80 w...

I deliberately referred to Procurement Policy Note 06/21. It is something that the Government hav...

I am sorry to pursue this. Procurement Policy Note 06/21 helpfully has some frequently asked ques...

That is the point. Currently, 06/21 refers to “Central Government”, as the noble Lord said, but h...

I thank the Minister for that. It is helpful. If I get a letter back saying that the amendment go...

Yes, I hope that letters that are sent out are shared with other Members of the Committee and, if...

My Lords, we have had a very wide-ranging, and rather long, debate on this group of amendments. I...

Moved by

Lord True

83: Clause 15, page 11, line 9, leave out “specifications” and ins...

My Lords, the Government have the lead amendment in this group, and I look forward to hearing the...

My Lords, I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, to speak remotely.

My Lords, I start with my usual apology that the rules for remote contributors mean that I will b...

My Lords, I have Amendments 120 and 129A in this group. I will also speak to Amendment 119 in the...

I have three sentences on my very tiny Amendment 122A. It asks the Minister to explain to the Com...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lansley has three amendments in this rather diverse group. The fir...

My Lords, I rise to speak to two amendments in my name. I am grateful for the support of the nobl...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 124A, which stands in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Mc...

My Lords, I support Amendments 124 and 127 in the name of the my noble friend Lady Worthington. A...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 528C, which my noble friend Lady Brinton has already ...

My Lords, I want to make a point about proportionality. It arises under the amendment in the name...

My Lords, with apologies for missing some of this debate, I will speak briefly to my Amendment 12...

My Lords—oh, I have just thrown all my papers on the ground. Actually, I do not need them. I am h...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for another interesting debate that I have enjoyed listening to. So...

Will the Minister make it clear: when he says SMEs, does that embrace small charities and volunta...

Yes, my Lords, I believe I did say that. In parliamentary terms, I am reiterating what I said. SM...

Perhaps he would care to consider whether paragraph (c) should be reduced in length, because if m...

Sorry to interrupt, but just to clarify, it seems to me that the reference to “maximising public ...

I respectfully disagree with the noble Baroness. It is acknowledged from the other side that valu...

We would not mind if my noble friend made it shorter.

I would be happy to. There were a lot of amendments. I do not want to break down and not continue...

Would my noble friend like me to take over his speech, as he is coughing?

Yes please.

My Lords, Amendment 131, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Best, would prohibit contracting authorit...

My Lords, I thank your Lordships for your indulgence in letting my noble friend complete the spee...

My Lords, I think this is a convenient point for the Grand Committee to adjourn on the Bill.