Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Harriett Baldwin and Dominic Raab

Monday 12th September 2016 Commons Chamber

[Harriett Baldwin]

I do not recognise the figures that the hon. Lady cited. I can confirm that in 2014-15 we spent 19% with small and medium-sized businesses. She will be aware that, as she highlighted, the contract with Dun and Bradstreet for evaluating the characteristics of different firms, which is a Cabinet Office contract, ended in 2014. We are in the process of discussing with Cabinet Office colleagues what the successor framework will be like.

[Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton) (Con)]

5. What steps he is taking to prevent abusive litigation against the armed forces.