UK Passport Contract Debate

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Department: Home Office

UK Passport Contract

Michael Fabricant Excerpts
Monday 26th March 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Nokes Portrait Caroline Nokes
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Well, if the Daily Mail has sold out in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, I have indeed done well, haven’t I? What matters in this process is that we have the best possible passport made at the best possible value to the taxpayer, and that we ensure that we award the contract fairly and, indeed, within the rules.

Michael Fabricant Portrait Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)
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May I tell my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) not only that they make excellent paper down there, but that they make very good plastic notes at De La Rue? May I tell the Minister that my constituents feel that passports are already too expensive and that the last thing we should be doing is choosing a contractor that is not competitive. She is doing the right thing.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think that that question was rhetorical. No more than a single sentence is required in reply, and not even that, if the Minister does not want to respond.