Backbench debate on Thursday, 12 July 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Rachel Reeves. The answering member was Andrew Griffiths.

Carillion

Motion that this House has considered lessons from the collapse of Carillion. Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 644 cc1202-1224
Session: 2017-19
Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Cross-government response to the collapse of Carillion.
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Carillion. Second joint report from the Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committees, being the twelfth report from the Work and Pensions Committee and tenth report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Government risk assessments relating to Carillion. Public Accounts Committee forty-first report with formal minutes.
Monday, 14 May 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; After Carillion: Public sector outsourcing and contracting. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee seventh report with formal minutes.
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Lessons from the collapse of Carillion
Monday, 9 July 2018
Research briefings; Carillion: Responses from Interested Parties to the tenth report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and twelfth report of the Work and Pensions Committee. Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee twelfth special report and the Work and Pensions Committee eleventh special report.
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Rachel Reeves | 644 cc1203-5 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered lessons from the collapse of Carillion.; Stephen Kerr | 644 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Rachel Reeves | 644 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
I give way to my fellow Committee member.; Stephen Kerr | 644 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is making a powerful case for what we found in the inquiry. As evidence of this hou...; Rachel Reeves | 644 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree. The directors of the business were not invested in the business. They were no...; Kelvin Hopkins | 644 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a first-class speech. Does this not bring to mind the quotation from Joh...; Rachel Reeves | 644 cc1204-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Bad behaviour was being rewarded at Carillion, but ...; Kelvin Hopkins | 644 c1206 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making an important point about the audit companies. Is it not a major problem ...; Rachel Reeves | 644 cc1206-7 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an important point. The people who rely on audit are the shareholders, and a...; Chris Stephens | 644 c1207 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech so far. Does she agree that one of the Committee’s co...; Rachel Reeves | 644 cc1207-8 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman, who sits on the Work and Pensions Committee, is absolutely right. When Carill...; Bernard Jenkin | 644 cc1208-9 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves). I commend her and the ...; Ronnie Cowan | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Bernard Jenkin | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
I give way to my Committee colleague.; Ronnie Cowan | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
Given what the hon. Gentleman has just said, was he surprised as I was that, despite three profit...; Bernard Jenkin | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
By that stage, the Government were in a Catch-22 situation. If they denied Carillion access to an...; Ronnie Cowan | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
What the hon. Gentleman is saying is typical of the attitude that Carillion was too big to fail—a...; Bernard Jenkin | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
I totally agree with the concept that these contracts become too big to fail, and therefore, as I...; Stephen Kerr | 644 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend spoke earlier of contracts basically being awarded on price, rather than on any ki...; Bernard Jenkin | 644 cc1210-3 (Link to this contribution)
I agree, but unfortunately I think that the Government have fed that addiction. The pressures of ...; 644 c1213 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 644 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
Order. We will now have a time limit of five minutes.
4.23 pm; Pat McFadden | 644 cc1213-4 (Link to this contribution)
I shall endeavour to be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker, as many of the points about the collapse of ...; Dan Carden | 644 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend will know that the National Audit Office report has outlined that, in 2017, ...; Pat McFadden | 644 cc1214-5 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very good question and is exactly the kind of thing that Ministers had to look at when ...; 644 c1215 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 644 c1215 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Clearly the House wants the Minister to have time to respond to the matters that have been...; Kelvin Hopkins | 644 cc1215-6 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot possibly deliver my speech in three minutes, but I will do my best.
I am pleased t...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 644 c1216 (Link to this contribution)
Order.
4.33 pm; Dan Carden | 644 cc1216-7 (Link to this contribution)
I want to take this opportunity to draw attention to the Royal Liverpool Hospital in the centre o...; Alex Sobel | 644 cc1217-8 (Link to this contribution)
I should start by putting on the record a mistake that I made in my speech in the previous debate...; Chris Stephens | 644 cc1218-9 (Link to this contribution)
First, I thank the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) for securing this debate. It was a ...; Bill Esterson | 644 cc1219-1221 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the three Select Committees on the fine work they have carried out in investigatin...; Andrew Griffiths | 644 cc1221-3 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) not just on securing this debate, b...; Rachel Reeves | 644 cc1223-4 (Link to this contribution)
It has been a real privilege to have this debate in the Chamber today, and I welcome the contribu...
Subjects: Accountability Audit Directors Contracts for services Billing Government departments Insolvency Maladministration Pay Procurement Pension funds Small businesses Cabinet Office Pensions Regulator KPMG Carillion
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Carillion

Secondary information

Librarians' tools