Government Contracts: Bain & Company Debate

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Government Contracts: Bain & Company

Lord Watts Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd November 2022

(1 year, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
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On the subject of US relations, I can say that the Prime Minister met US President Biden at the G20 in Indonesia, and they agreed on the national and international importance of the UK-US relationship given the challenging economic times and all the difficulties we face together. The US Government have a suspension and debarment regime to which they devote a lot of resources, and contractors found not to be responsible are suspended or debarred, and the US will no doubt study very seriously the Zondo commission and the steps we have taken in the UK to lead the way on this matter.

Lord Watts Portrait Lord Watts (Lab)
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My Lords, is it not about time that directors were held accountable for such actions, and that some of them went to jail?