Written Question
Wednesday 30th April 2025
Asked by:
John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider a public procurement initiative to increase (a) production and (b) jobs growth for British (i) manufacturers and (ii) workers.
Answered by Georgia Gould
- Minister of State (Education)
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
Our new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) encourages contracting authorities to consider how procurement can foster economic growth, support small businesses, strengthen UK supply chains and drive delivery of the Government’s Industrial Strategy and missions. We have also recently announced a package of further measures to demonstrate how central government will implement the NPPS, further helping British firms succeed.
Furthermore, our modern Industrial Strategy will set out how public procurement can support growth and investment in key sectors of the economy by encouraging innovation and the development of new technologies.
Written Question
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Asked by:
John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings his Department has had with members of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
- Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
I have met representatives of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation twice to discuss their interests in our fisheries relationship with the EU. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation is a member of the UK Domestic Advisory Group established under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and Cabinet Office officials regularly engage with them in this capacity.
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