Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

James Gray Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd November 2011

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Oliver Letwin Portrait Mr Letwin
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The hon. Gentleman, who I have discovered has a very honourable record of visiting social enterprises in his constituency, makes a good point. We do believe that there is great merit in including in public sector contracting provisions that reflect social value and social outcomes. We are working on that and we intend to proceed with it.

James Gray Portrait Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con)
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The Government have launched the Contracts Finder website, which enables third sector companies to find Government contracts. How does the Minister intend to assess how successful that has been and will he publish figures to demonstrate whether or not it has worked?