Small Firms (Public Contracts)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 June 1985.

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Photo of Mr David Trippier Mr David Trippier , Rossendale and Darwen 12:00, 5 June 1985

The most important development to have arisen out of the Government purchasing lead that we have taken in the Department of Trade and Industry is that it will encourage the use of interdepartmentally approved lists. Certainly it will improve the standarised procedures affecting small firms. I announced last May that tenders for most Government contracts worth less than £10,000 would be exempt from the normal procedures. That should help small businesses to obtain a share of those business opportunities.