Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contracts
"It may have been a nice try, but I am not going to leave this one alone. I want to know how much of that £33 million will be repaid in the event of there being a deal. I think I know the answer: it will be nil. I want …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contracts
"I will finish the chronology, and then I will give way.
That was on 9 January. Later, I put in a written question:
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what unforeseeable events led his Department to award contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contracts
"I will finish the chronology, and then I will give way.
Finally, I raised the point again on 14 February with the Secretary of State for Transport, asking him what he meant by a “change in the assumptions”. I asked:
“Would he care to elaborate on exactly what he meant …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contracts
"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that, because he actually reinforces the point that I sought to make. The National Audit Office has that information, and the House of Commons has had it today and yesterday, but my point is that on repeated occasions when I asked a …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
EU Exit Preparations: Ferry Contracts
"That is the bottom line. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right.
I am going to draw to a conclusion, because I know that others want to speak. The history of this whole event, which the Government now say that they all knew about as it was a collective decision, has …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"On Monday, the Secretary of State justified the non-competitive tendering process for Seaborne Freight by referring to a “change in the assumptions”. Would he care to elaborate on exactly what he meant by that? Does he think that that defence will stand up in court?..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Feb 2019
Seaborne Freight
"The UK Government have been aware of the possibility of a no-deal Brexit since article 50 was triggered in March 2017, so can the Secretary of State tell us why this contract, which was awarded only at the end of December 2018, proceeded under regulation 32 of the Public Contracts …..."Joanna Cherry - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 28th January 2019
Asked by:
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used to select existing cross channel operators in the absence of an invitation to tender being published when awarding contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's Written Statement of 7 January [HCWS 1233].
A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.
Written Question
Monday 28th January 2019
Asked by:
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used to identify new entrants to the market in the absence of an invitation to tender being published when awarding contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's Written Statement of 7 January [HCWS 1233].
A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.
Written Question
Monday 28th January 2019
Asked by:
Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what unforeseeable events led his Department to award contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's Written Statement of 7 January [HCWS 1233].
A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.