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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"To go back to Amendment 20, the noble Baroness gave some useful explanation of the definition of a utility. I want to go on briefly to the example that the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, mentioned, which is freeports. That presumably comes under paragraph 5 of Schedule 4, on page 86. …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, but particularly those tabled by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. In his introduction, he emphasised the importance of rigour, accountability and transparency. I would add advance notice. The Minister who responds may say that it is all …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"I found the explanation of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, quite interesting, but whether he is correct, we will have to wait for the Minister’s response to find out.

My problem, as has been mentioned by my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, is that of definitions and …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"Why not?..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 2, and tabled Amendments 25 to 27. The noble Baroness raised some interesting questions. I will start by trying to establish some definitions. Clause 1(1)(b)(iii) refers to “a private utility”. We all know what a utility is, but there are subsets of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"I am grateful to the noble Lord for expanding fully on these amendments but in the case of some of the categories in Schedule 4, there is no regulator with the power to appoint companies to do things. Ports and airports come to mind; the Government will probably do those. …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"I am sorry...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 7. I do not think I need comment on any of the other amendments in this group. I tabled this probing amendment to ask why this particular piece of text is here:

“This Act does not apply to Her Majesty acting in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 May 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow my noble friend. I agree with his views on the public procurement of particularly large projects in this country. As the noble Lord, Lord Maude, also mentioned, the costs of preparing bids are much higher here than in many other European …..."
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Written Question
Royal Family
Wednesday 2nd March 2022

Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the role of Counsellors of State; who are the present holders of this office; under what legislation they operate; and how the current office holders can be changed.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

Section 6 of the Regency Act 1937 provides for a power to delegate Royal functions to Counsellors of State in the event of the Sovereign being either overseas, or intended to be overseas, or in the event of illness (stopping short of incapacity).

The Regency Act itself specifies that the Counsellors of State shall be the wife or husband of the Sovereign (if the Sovereign is married), and the four persons who are next in the line of succession to the Crown.

Changes to the list of those who can be appointed as Counsellors of State would require amending the Regency Act.