Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lia Nici and Julia Lopez

Thursday 11th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Julia Lopez]

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting this; she raises an important point. I am happy to look into the specifics of the case and take it up with officials, or she might want to look at the public procurement review service. All Departments, including the MOD, are actively supporting the SME agenda, and one of the ways we hope to encourage more bids from SMEs is by publishing contract pipelines well in advance, so that they have much more time to plan and resource bids, and shorten the time in which contracting bodies make decisions.

[Lia Nici (Great Grimsby) (Con)]

What steps the Government are taking to help ensure goods can continue to flow freely between the UK and the EU.