Debate on Thursday, 24 November 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Sugar. The answering member was Lord Wallace of Saltaire.

Government Procurement Policy

Lords debate on motion to take note of government procurement policy. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 732 c1122-62
Session: 2010-12
Department: Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 732 c1136-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, compliment the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, on securing this debate on government procu...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 732 c1157 (Link to this contribution) I see that time has caught up with me; the noble Baroness does not have to remind me of that. I look...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 732 c1157-62 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate has ranged widely. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, for drawing the House’s...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 732 c1162 (Link to this contribution) The one question that the noble Lord has not addressed on which I should welcome some comment is why...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 732 c1162 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord will know, the number of apprentices has increased considerably in the past year, ...; Lord Sugar | 732 c1162 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, many of whom have endorsed so...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 732 c1162 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind noble Lords that the next debate is timed. Back-Benchers have seven minutes, so w...; Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 732 c1152-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sugar for securing this debate and doing us the courtesy of i...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 732 c1154-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Sugar for creating this opportunity to debate a subject...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 732 c1156 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord St John of Bletso | 732 c1130-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an opportune time for a debate on this issue. It comes just three days after the s...; Lord Bhattacharyya | 732 c1128-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sugar for securing this debate. I am pleased to declare my in...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 732 c1126-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, on securing this important debate. I also decla...; Lord Sugar | 732 c1122-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am encouraged to see so many of your Lordships joining this debate. Government procureme...; Lord Sugar | 732 c1122 (Link to this contribution) That this House takes note of government procurement policy.; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 732 c1137-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sugar and the other speakers for their remarks about how gove...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 732 c1141-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Sugar made a typically robust and wise opening speech, drawing on his...; Lord Broers | 732 c1140-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, on obtaining this debate. It is an...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 732 c1145-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fear I must start by refuting and rejecting, I hope definitively, two very unscrupulous ...; Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 732 c1143-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, for a vigorous and, dare I say it, characteristically ...; Earl of Erroll | 732 c1149-52 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a taxpayer I have an interest in not seeing billions of pounds of our hard-earned money...; Lord Haskel | 732 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in his characteristically robust speech, my noble friend Lord Sugar told us that the Gover...; Lord Kestenbaum | 732 c1134-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Sugar on calling urgent attention to this matter. ...; Lord Puttnam | 732 c1132-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, for making this important debate possible. He ma...
Subjects: Contracts Cost effectiveness Consultants ICT EU law Government departments Foreign companies Procurement Small businesses Government Efficiency Review
Contains statistics: Yes
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Government Procurement Policy

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