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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 158942, tabled on 6 March 2023

Question

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in relation to the draft Statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement, what procedures the Government plans to follow where employers engaged in Government procurement contracts are found to have fallen foul of that code.

Answer

Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
Thirsk and Malton
Commons

Answered on

20 March 2023

The Government is currently consulting on a draft Code of Practice to address dismissal and re-engagement. The Government has made clear to all employers that threats of dismissal and re-engagement should not be used as a negotiation tactic.

Public procurement policy is subject to a legal framework which encourages free and open competition and value for money, in line with internationally and nationally agreed obligations and regulations.

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