Simon Danczuk
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(9 years, 2 months ago)
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Matthew Hancock
My hon. Friend makes an important point, which is that a huge contribution can be made to Government procurement by small businesses. In the previous Parliament we hit our target of a quarter of Government procurement going to small business, and in this Parliament we have a new goal that a third of Government business should go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab)
T6. A council candidate who is also a parliamentary candidate on the same day has an unfair financial advantage over their council opponents because they have additional candidate spending in that ward. What is the Minister going to do about it?
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (John Penrose)
This is the first time the issue has been raised with me. If the hon. Gentleman would like to write to me, I would be delighted to address it.