Government Contracts: Small Businesses

Part of Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons at on 23 September 2021.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

My hon. Friend raises a very legitimate point, and, in short, yes we will. To encourage the issue he highlights, we require public buyers to divide contracts into more accessible lots, or to explain why they cannot, so that tender requirements can be matched to smaller business specialisms. I know that he is a champion for Dudley South and that is exactly the sort of measure that will help businesses in his constituency.