BBCNEWS The Week in Parliament June 4, 2024 13:45:00
We are talking about endemic cronyism during a global pandemic. the right honourable member is well aware of the public contract regulations, which existed before the pandemic, which allow the government to procure at speed in times of emergency, and there was no need for suspension or relaxation of the procurement rules in order for them to be used. i would very gently say that these were the same systems that happened in scotland and in wales. we had an unprecedented global crisis, and quite rightly, people had to use existing regulation which allows them to flex in order to deliver for thei...