David Morris
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(12 years, 1 month ago)
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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (LD)
6. How much and what proportion of Government procurement was made from small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)
9. What recent progress he has made on opening up public sector procurement to small and medium-sized enterprises.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude)
rose—[Interruption.]
Mr Maude
I am delighted to tell my right hon. Friend that we make this information much more public and transparent than it has ever been before. The Contracts Finder website contains much more information about tenders, contracts and successful bids than has ever been the case, but we have more distance to go, and we will do so.
David Morris
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the work that he has done to help SMEs to access Government contracts, but will he now consider writing protection for small sub-contractors into every major Government contract?