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Thursday 9th February 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I very much got the gist of the question, Mr Speaker. I do appreciate the point. We are well aware of it, and we are working across the Government to address it.

Simon Burns Portrait Sir Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (Con)
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T2. Will the Minister tell the House what work her Department is doing to help small charities to secure public service contracts?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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My right hon. Friend raises a very important point. We all know that the voluntary sector has the ability to bring greater social value to our public services, but we also know that it can sometimes face barriers when up against more established providers. That is why we announced a new programme of measures in this area in December and why an implementation group chaired by Sir Martyn Lewis and attended by my hon. Friend the Member for Reading East (Mr Wilson), the Minister for Civil Society, met for the first time yesterday to lead our work on this issue.

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