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Debate between Lord Lisvane and Baroness Buscombe
Thursday 30th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Grand Committee
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Baroness Buscombe Portrait Baroness Buscombe
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And then of course we will write to the noble Lord, Lord Hain, and copy all other noble Lords.

Lord Lisvane Portrait Lord Lisvane
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I am so sorry to keep the Minister from her peroration for a moment or two longer, but I wonder if I might take her back to the question of tendering for partner organisations. As she will know, it is perfectly normal practice in any tender to weight the criteria. I think we would be grateful for an assurance that in the case she quoted, the synergies that can be made for the benefit of local communities are appropriately weighted in the tender process.

Baroness Buscombe Portrait Baroness Buscombe
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I absolutely understand where the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, is coming from. Again, I will talk about that issue and that point with my colleague in another place, Margot James. Thank you for raising it.

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