Ministerial Code Debate

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Ministerial Code

Jack Brereton Excerpts
Monday 26th April 2021

(2 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Urgent Questions are proposed each morning by backbench MPs, and up to two may be selected each day by the Speaker. Chosen Urgent Questions are announced 30 minutes before Parliament sits each day.

Each Urgent Question requires a Government Minister to give a response on the debate topic.

This information is provided by Parallel Parliament and does not comprise part of the offical record

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Let us go to Geraint Davies. Oh, an empty chair. In which case, let us go to Jack Brereton.

Jack Brereton Portrait Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the Leader of the Opposition was really serious about tackling corruption, he would start by cracking down on the Labour Government in Wales, who handed out NHS contracts worth more than £650,000 to a Labour activist without any kind of competitive tendering process?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that case to my attention. I was not aware of it, but I am sure that the Leader of the Opposition and others will want to make sure that all the correct procedures have been followed.