Part of Procurement Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:45 pm on 30 November 2022.
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
7:45,
30 November 2022
With the leave of the House, I shall speak for a moment on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, and as one of the four sponsors of the Amendment, to say how encouraged we were by the offer made earlier by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, for a meeting with the sponsors of the amendment. Given that this Bill is not in ping-pong but will be going to Another place for further consideration, it is now the intention of the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, not to move the amendment and to return to this question once we have had the opportunity of meeting the Minister and, in due course, returning to the issues we explored during the debate this evening.
Amendment 141 not moved.
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