Capita Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Capita

Lord Faulkner of Worcester Excerpts
Tuesday 24th April 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Lord Young of Cookham
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The Government will hold Capita, and indeed other suppliers, to the terms of their contract and take appropriate steps if those terms are ever broken.

Lord Faulkner of Worcester Portrait Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab)
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My Lords, would it be helpful if the House were reminded of what the Companion says about procedure on Urgent Questions? They are treated as Private Notice Questions, which in turn are treated as similar to normal Oral Questions. In particular, the answers and supplementary questions on a Private Notice Question must be brief to allow as many people as possible to come in.

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Lord Young of Cookham
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If that was a rebuke to me, I am glad. I plead guilty, and I am sure that will have been noted. I will be as quick as I can with the responses to the following Urgent Question.