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Amendment 7 would require “cyber security” to be added to the list of principles to which Ministers should have regard when drafting a natio

I beg to move amendment 28, in clause 13, page 10, line 9, le ave out paragraph (b).

The purpose of amendments 28 and 29 is to overturn amendments added to the Bill in the other place, which require that prior to publishing a

Amendments 90 and 91, tabled by the hon.

Clause 12 sets out the procurement principles that establish what the Bill is designed to achieve, and how its success will be judged.

Amendment 22 would require the Government to publish a national procurement policy statement rather than just allowing them to do so.

I will try to treat all the amendments in this large group in order.

As the hon. Lady knows, transparency sits throughout the Bill.

No, I am happy to say that it is already set out in the social value Act, I think, which I mentioned at the start of my remarks.

Light-touch provisions reflect the fact that certain public contracts, including those for social, healthcare and legal services, can warran