Ministerial Corrections

Thursday 20th January 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Thursday 20 January 2022

Cabinet Office

Thursday 20th January 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Government Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative Proposals

The following is an extract from Cabinet Office questions on 13 January 2022.

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

4. What steps he is taking to ensure that underperforming suppliers do not receive Government contracts.

[Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab)]

5. When the Government plan to bring forward legislative proposals to reform public procurement.

[Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)]

7. When the Government plan to bring forward legislative proposals to reform public procurement.

[Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab)]

16. When the Government plan to bring forward legislative proposals to reform public procurement.

[Kate Osborne (Jarrow) (Lab)]

19. When the Government plan to bring forward legislative proposals to reform public procurement.

[The Paymaster General (Michael Ellis)]

In December 2020, we published the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper on “Transforming Public Procurement”. We intend to bring forward these detailed and ambitious legislative proposals when parliamentary time allows.

[Official Report, 13 January 2022, Vol. 706, c. 631.]

Letter of correction from the Paymaster General:

An error has been identified in my response to these questions.

The correct information should have been:

[The Paymaster General (Michael Ellis)]

In December 2021, we published the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper on “Transforming Public Procurement”. We intend to bring forward these detailed and ambitious legislative proposals when parliamentary time allows.

Health and Social Care

Thursday 20th January 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Covid-19 Testing Infrastructure

The following is an extract from Health and Social Care oral questions on 18 January 2022.

[Maggie Throup]

As we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have increased the procurement of lateral flow devices. This month, we will get another 750 million lateral flow devices into the UK for January and February.

[Official Report, 18 January 2022, Vol. 707, c. 184.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Erewash (Maggie Throup).

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).

The correct response should have been:

[Maggie Throup]

As we look at policy and amend it like we did last week, it is right that we make sure that we can fill those requirements. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we can, and we have increased the procurement of lateral flow devices. We will get another 750 million lateral flow devices into the UK in January and February.