Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Greg Mulholland and William Bain

Wednesday 25th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)]

1. What steps he is taking to support small businesses through public procurement.

[Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (Lab)]

7. What steps he is taking to improve access to Government procurement by small and medium-sized enterprises.

[The Minister for Civil Society (Mr Rob Wilson)]

Over the past five years, we have implemented a wide range of measures to open up the way we do business to make sure that small companies are in the best possible position to compete for contracts. These measures include increasing transparency, making opportunities more accessible, removing unnecessary bureaucracy, improving payment terms and clamping down on poor practice.