Police National Computer Debate

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Department: Home Office

Police National Computer

Lord Cromwell Excerpts
Monday 24th October 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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The process was subject to all the usual Cabinet Office rules. I do not know how much external consultants were paid; I will find out.

Lord Cromwell Portrait Lord Cromwell (CB)
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My Lords, will the Minister confirm—I think he has been trying to tell us—that Fujitsu has an unassailable monopoly on this contract?

Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
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No, it does not have an unassailable monopoly. It obviously has a long history with the police national computer. When the police national computer finally breathes its last, its monopoly effectively does the same.