Public Procurement Processes — [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 25 January 2023.

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Photo of Peter Dowd Peter Dowd Labour, Bootle 9:30, 25 January 2023

I am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend in mid flow. He has dealt with some specifics, but one of my concerns is that there does not appear to be any real assessment of how the measures in the Procurement Bill will fulfil its principles. For example, the Government want to launch new measures to promote jobs and new skills, but how many, and what sort of skills? They want to encourage economic prosperity and growth—God knows, we need it—but there is no indication of how. They want to tackle climate change and level up, but there are no indicators and no metrics at all to assess that. Does he agree that we need not just words but facts and assessment to back this up?