Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill (Money)

Roberta Blackman-Woods Excerpts

Tuesday 15th February 2011 Commons Chamber

[Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)]

I do not wish to detain the House for much longer on this matter. The Opposition supported the Bill on Second Reading, and we wish to see it go into Committee, where we think it can be strengthened. We very much want local authorities to have strategies in place to promote social enterprises and to consider how they can better meet the needs of their communities and continue to develop public services in a way that it is truly responsive to local needs. We therefore support the resolution.

Question put and agreed to.