Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Pat McFadden and Lorraine Beavers

Thursday 5th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Pat McFadden]

It is absolutely right that as finance evolves, so too must the rules we have to ensure transparency and probity in elections. Therefore, the rules regarding the source of funding and the bona fide character of the donors must apply whatever currency is involved.

[Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North and Fleetwood) (Lab)]

T5.   Labour’s plan to make work pay promised to bring about the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation. Insourced services are often shown to provide better value for money. Will the Government provide an update on their work to ensure that public bodies carry out public interest tests when outsourced contracts expire?