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Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) What would happen with some of our defence-related organisations? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) providing the service.I can also reassure the noble Baroness who raised the issue that defence contracts - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This is in line with the exception in the Procurement Act 2023. - Speech Link
2: None Wherever possible, we have aligned this Bill with the Procurement Act. - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) always been, and remains, a difference between the approach to foreign policy in the security sense and defence - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bryan of Partick (Lab - Life peer) procurement is in line with the Government of the day’s international policy? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) That is currently undertaking pre-procurement market engagement. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) In earlier exchanges, we did not hear much of a defence from the Prime Minister of his predecessor. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) me that Ukraine has the people and the courage, but does not currently have the weapons and the air defence - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) to Ukraine this year— the first major country to do so—and a big part of that support concerns air defence - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) With regard to public procurement, the Government and contracting authorities are not required to publish - Speech Link
2: None fundamental freedoms, relevant legislation, both general and sectoral, including concerning public security, defence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
France: Security - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) My colleagues, the Defence Secretary and the Home Secretary, and their teams similarly maintain regular - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) In such a context, defence co-operation and co-ordination between the UK, France and the wider EU is - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rail Manufacturing: Job Losses - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield, Heeley) He claimed that he has no influence over procurement contracts, yet his Department has varied contracts - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) I said that the procurement cycle leads to that. - Speech Link
3: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) The wider issue is the peaks and troughs not just in rolling stock procurement, but in railway industry - Speech Link
4: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Why are rolling stock leasing companies ruling the roost rather than straightforward procurement? - Speech Link
5: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) That is a dire situation, and we see it not only in rail but in defence. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) Almost £700,000 of UK Government safer streets funding has been used for CCTV, improved lighting, self-defence - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) trust fund vandals who caused tens of thousands of pounds’ worth of damage outside the Ministry of Defence - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) pursued, and in the Criminal Justice Bill we are taking specific actions to remove the veneer of a defence - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) I am able to say, however, that we are not actively pursuing procurement in the three local authorities - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) Defence against state threats is one of the Department’s priorities, and my right hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Steel: Port Talbot - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) It is very important that we have a strong defence basis; there is no question about that. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blower (Lab - Life peer) Will the Minister consider changing the procurement rules to ensure that UK public contracts use 100% - Speech Link
3: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) I am always wary of insisting on local content when it comes to procurement. - Speech Link
4: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) All I can say, as I said earlier, is that 1% of defence requirement is provided by UK steel. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None fundamental freedoms, relevant legislation, both general and sectoral, including concerning public security, defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) considerations such as the impact of a third country’s laws and practices in relation to national security, defence - Speech Link
3: None comply with any such code and provide information on compliance to schools as part of the school’s procurement - Speech Link
4: None There is absolutely nothing preventing the Department for Education using its procurement platform to - Speech Link
5: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) discussions with commercial specialists to look at strengthening the contractual clauses relating to the procurement - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine: Arms and Ammunition Costs - Tue 26 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This includes rapid procurement and gifting of equipment, development of international capability coalitions - Speech Link
2: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Ministry of Defence remains fully engaged with industry, allies and partners to ensure both the continuation - Speech Link
3: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, this goes back to my point about how defence is engaging with industry to replenish stockpiles - Speech Link