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Written Question
Schools: Buildings
Wednesday 20th September 2023

Asked by: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to deposit in the Library of the House all tender documents for modular classrooms since July 2023 under the Offsite Constructions Agreement (Framework Agreement RM6184).

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)

It is not our intention to deposit the tender documentation into the Library of the House. It is the responsibility of individual customer authorities to publish contracting information on Contracts Finder and/or other transparency platforms.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"Would the noble Lord acknowledge, as my noble friend has proved, that, in the circumstances about which he is talking, the Government had a majority for an election? Therefore, this amendment would not have created the difficulties that he is suggesting...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He is talking about the use of executive powers. Is he concerned—I assume he is, because of Clause 3—that the courts might get involved in this and that that could cause serious constitutional conflict? Surely if the amendment proposed by the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"My Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Lord, Lord True, and he is right that this is an important Bill. I very much welcome the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act—I was never a fan and I am pleased to see it go.

I hesitate to disagree on any …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Downing Street Christmas Parties

"My Lords, would the Minister confirm that anybody who works in No. 10, or elsewhere in government, who was or was not invited to that party, will not have their career prospects jeopardised by giving evidence to the courts, the police or indeed this inquiry?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"My Lords, I very much welcome the Bill. I was never a fan of the Fixed- term Parliaments Act and, indeed, never a fan of fixed terms, whatever the manifesto said at any particular time.

We should start by reminding ourselves of how we got that legislation in the first …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Sep 2021
Government: Leadership Training

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Norton, on this debate. I look forward to the quality of the answers the Minister will give to the questions he raised. Indeed, while he was speaking I recalled the preparations made in the 1990s for the then shadow Cabinet, and indeed …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Jul 2021
UK Government Union Capability

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, on obtaining this debate and the noble Lord, Lord Dunlop, on the work he did in his report. I wish that we could congratulate the Government on their response, but, while it was right to commission the Dunlop review, they have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Dec 2020
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill

"My Lords, I speak as chair of the Constitution Committee and I say at the outset that this Bill elevates to a new level our concern about the way the Government present legislation to Parliament. The Bill fails all the tests for achieving good-quality legislation. It is long and complex …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 08 Sep 2017
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]

"I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Does he think it significant, as the previous speaker said, that Lord Weatherill himself tried to change this situation later?..."
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