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Lords Chamber
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) procurement failure that this legislation would have prevented. - Speech Link
2: Lord Prentis of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The public sector procured almost £400 billion-worth of goods and services in 2022 and 2023, but public - Speech Link
3: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) procurement and supply chains. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Young of Hornsey (XB - Life peer) It’s not going to work with this sector or that section”. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab - Life peer) encourage integrated policy-making and service provision, as well as a more preventive approach to public - Speech Link
2: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) might make that possible, there might be some cause for optimism in this extremely difficult area of public - Speech Link
3: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) We need to embrace this, but it will mean a radical change to the way in which our public services are - Speech Link
4: Baroness Redfern (Con - Life peer) The framework accreditation programme will simplify procurement and speed up the adoption of innovation - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) As I think noble Lords know, we launched a public consultation in December 2023 on inclusive schemes - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 09 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) Brexit is doing its damage to Edinburgh’s trade and talent in that sector, too, but services is a sector - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) In particular, the plan on combating storm overflows is there for the general public to see. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) She is absolutely right: in this sector, as in most, it is women who deserve the greatest praise. - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) The public can see that progress is being made, including on getting people out of hotels. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) We are engaging extensively with the sector. - Speech Link
2: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), is conducting a review of public sector food procurement - Speech Link
3: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) That is why we are continually engaging with the sector. - Speech Link
4: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) legislation so that we better leverage our public sector procurement and our labelling legislation so - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I know that he is very committed to the defence sector in Northern Ireland, and we want to encourage - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) The defence and security of Britain is an increasing public concern in this country. - Speech Link
3: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) Theirs is the ultimate public service. They defend the country. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is holding an inquiry into procurement in the defence sector, - Speech Link
5: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) If we can try to manipulate Russian public opinion, it would be to our benefit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) advice to public bodies was that:“Public procurement should never be used as a tool to boycott tenders - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said, we are saying that there is one policy for the private sector and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) This applies only to public authorities and to investment and procurement, which I have continued to - Speech Link
4: None sector supply chains. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) authorities to focus on their core functions when delivering for the public on investment and procurement - Speech Link
2: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) The ONS is reviewing whether universities should be categorised as in the public sector. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) They are already subject to a lot of the public sector laws, and nothing is going to change that. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) There is no thought control—we are talking about public authorities’ investment and procurement decisions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Homecare Medicines Services (Public Services Committee Report) - Thu 02 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Morris of Yardley (Lab - Life peer) But that is not unusual; they are not the only part of the public sector that puts out a tender, monitors - Speech Link
2: Lord Mott (Con - Life peer) Public sector, private sector and not-for-profit collaboration will allow us to achieve excellence.I - Speech Link
3: Baroness Wheeler (Lab - Life peer) The Government’s response also accepts that significant improvements must be made in the HMS procurement - Speech Link
4: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) If the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, were here, that is exactly what he would say about value-based procurement - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Alan Mak (Con - Havant) We have already taken steps to address the issue through the Procurement Act 2023 and the Modern Slavery - Speech Link
2: Alan Mak (Con - Havant) I will continue to support steel in south Wales and all the opportunities that the sector will bring. - Speech Link
3: Jamie Wallis (Con - Bridgend) What recent assessment she has made of the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the economy. - Speech Link
4: Rushanara Ali (Lab - Bethnal Green and Bow) from them directly.Turning to another issue, we have seen 14 years of Conservative under-investment in public - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Lady for her question and her interest in this important sector. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) to support and bring together different third sector groups in a safe and accessible space for work, - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) There are a number of bodies that the public rely on to be impartial and to protect the public interest - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Members of this House will work with them on a whole raft of issues to raise concerns about the sector - Speech Link