Chi Onwurah
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(5 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
The expression “Be careful of what you wish for” springs to mind.
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
It seems that no matter what the specific wrongdoing or general incompetence of a private sector supplier, with a few warm words from the chief executive of the day, they have access to billions of pounds of contracts. Will the Minister put in place an analysis of the costs of private sector provision in terms of tendering, legal wrangling, profiteering and loss of skills versus the benefits of public sector provision? It seems as though it is simply public sector bad, private sector good.