Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement Contracts Debate
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Baroness Altmann
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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement Contracts
Baroness Altmann Excerpts(4 years, 3 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
Of course, all businesses will need help during the Covid crisis, and we have one of the largest programmes of help for companies and businesses in the western world.
Baroness Altmann (Con) [V]
My Lords, could the Minister explain to the House the—[Inaudible.]—The procurement process for public contracts is often enormously cumbersome, time-consuming and costly—[Inaudible.]
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
My Lords, I am afraid the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, is completely inaudible, but I suspect the Minister might have an idea of what she is trying to say.