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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 4:57 pm on 15 October 2012.

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Photo of Iain McKenzie Iain McKenzie Labour, Inverclyde 4:57, 15 October 2012

We have now witnessed two procurement fiascos from this Government in quick succession. We have seen that contracts are not being monitored and we are seeing tendering processes that are clearly flawed. One would think that the Minister would be well aware of these and that if he had been alerted to them, he would not have awarded this contract. The question therefore arises: why did he award this contract when he knew that it was flawed?