Procurement Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:30 pm on 30 November 2022.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe:
Moved by Baroness Neville-Rolfe
132: Clause 90, page 59, line 36, leave out subsection (2)Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment would remove an unnecessary power to establish and operate an online system, since it can be done using common law powers.
133: Clause 90, page 60, line 3, leave out “procurement under this Act” and insert “covered procurement”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on the change in terminology in new clause before clause 1.
Amendments 132 and 133 agreed.
Clause 92: Duties under this Act enforceable in civil proceedings
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