Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement Contracts

Debate between Lord Fowler and Lord Lucas

Monday 7th September 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

Short questions, please.

[Lord Lucas (Con) [V]]

My Lords, could my noble friend please tell me what departments are doing to make sure that SMEs can get on the preferred list of companies—where departments use this—and that the buyers within those departments are rewarded for making the extra effort to deal with small suppliers and are not risking their own careers by doing so?