Debates between Lord Lucas and Lord Fowler during the 2019 Parliament

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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement Contracts

Debate between Lord Lucas and Lord Fowler
Monday 7th September 2020

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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Short questions, please.

Lord Lucas Portrait Lord Lucas (Con) [V]
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My Lords, could my noble friend please tell me what departments are doing to make sure that SMEs can get on the preferred list of companies—where departments use this—and that the buyers within those departments are rewarded for making the extra effort to deal with small suppliers and are not risking their own careers by doing so?

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