(10 years, 10 months ago)
Commons Chamber11. What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
16. What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
(12 years, 6 months ago)
Commons Chamber8. What assessment he has made of the effects of changes to public procurement on the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises to secure contracts.
9. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of new suppliers to Government working groups in making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to bid for Government contracts.
We want 25% of the value of Government contracts to be awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises, and we have made significant progress towards that. This has so far led to a more than doubling in the amount of direct spend awarded to SMEs in the first half of the current year.