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Whole Day Download the Hansard Thursday Volume 689 11 February 2021 No. 176 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Thursday 11 February 2021 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2021 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 465 11 FEBRUARY 2021 466 Ian Levy [V]: In 2019, I think we all took for granted House of Commons the ability to run election campaigns that could properly engage with the electorate. Campaigning for this year’s Thursday 11 February 2021 elections on 6 May will look very different, but now more than ever, there is a need to engage with our constituents. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is The House met at half-past Nine o’clock vital that all those who stand for elections should be able to convey their messages to voters, and will he PRAYERS please elaborate on how he believes campaigning should go ahead in a covid-secure way? [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] Michael Gove: My hon. Friend is absolutely right: Virtual participation in proceedings commenced democracy should not be cancelled because of covid-19. (Orders, 4 June and 30 December 2020). The polls that are scheduled for May will go ahead, and [NB: [V] denotes a Member participating virtually.] it is important that he and others communicate with his constituents. Of course, social media provides one means of doing so. At the moment, door-to-door campaigning and leafleting are not allowed because of covid restrictions, Oral Answers to Questions but we will be reviewing how we can make sure that he and others can keep faith with the constituents who elected him so memorably just over a year ago. CABINET OFFICE Matt Western [V]: The public will be expecting covid-safe and fair elections in May. Presently, households are The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister receiving flyers for pizzas and takeaways delivered by for the Cabinet Office was asked— individuals,but volunteers are not supposed to be delivering leaflets for political parties, although some are clearly Office for Veterans’ Affairs: Government Support ignoring that. In local elections, the public need representatives who will speak up for them and not for James Daly (Bury North) (Con): What steps the property developers such as the six leading Tory donors Government are taking to support the Office for Veterans’ that have given £4.5 million, an increase of 400%, since Affairs. [912174] July 2019. Does the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster agree that if only paid-for leafleting were allowed, that The Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Johnny would be a disastrous disservice to our democracy? Mercer) [V]: The Prime Minister set up the Office for Veterans’ Affairs because he, like me, is determined to Michael Gove: The hon. Gentleman makes a series of ensure that this country becomes the best place in the important points. It is quite right that some political world to be a veteran. In addition to excellent officials, activists have been leafleting on the ground in a way the OVAbenefits from expert advice from the Government’s that current rules do not allow for, and we deprecate Veterans Advisory Board and the newly appointed veterans that across the House. His broader point is right as well, adviser. of course; we must make sure that our democratic processes are free from any taint of interference. He is Mr Speaker: Let us head up to the north-west with also right that the role of property developers needs to James Daly. be scrutinised when we are looking at how we clean up our politics, and I know that he will be as eager as I am James Daly [V]: [Inaudible.] to make sure that Unite the union does so as well. Mr Speaker: There is a little hiccup, I think. We are Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab): The definitely going to have to move on. advice that came from the Government this week on local elections was welcome; however,the most innovative Local Elections: Covid-19 idea appeared to be to bring your own pencil to the polls, so I would like to ask the Chancellor of the Ian Levy (Blyth Valley) (Con): What safety measures Duchy of Lancaster two specific questions. his Department plans to take to help ensure the 2021 local elections can take place during the covid-19 outbreak. The first is on the use of schools as polling stations. [912189] Many schools are having to use school halls for teaching, which would not normally have to happen. What support Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington) (Lab): What will the Government give local registration officers to plans the Government have to help ensure the May find appropriate venues with appropriate ventilation? 2021 local elections are covid-secure. [912220] The second question is on the issue of elections falling into different areas of the tiering system, which The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister may well be in place by May. Might there be an unfair for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove): With your political advantage to one candidate if the restrictions permission, Mr Speaker, I will take the questions from were lesser in one area than another? my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth Valley (Ian Levy) and the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington Michael Gove: The hon. Lady raises two important (Matt Western) together. questions. The first is with respect to schools. The Minister for School Standards, my right hon. Friend Mr Speaker: We now go to Ian Levy in Blyth Valley. the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Nick 467 Oral Answers 11 FEBRUARY 2021 Oral Answers 468 Gibb), will be writing to local authorities and schools free-to-use digital platform, Contracts Finder, should today, alongside Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, make it easier for businesses in his constituency to find Communities and Local Government, to outline how relevant opportunities.Wewant to make supply registration schools can be used in a safe and appropriate way, but far simpler, so that data has to be submitted only once we are also making funding available to local authorities to qualify for any public sector procurement. so that alternative venues other than schools can be used where appropriate. Miriam Cates [V]: Small businesses in my constituency The hon. Lady’s second point, relating to unfairness would like the opportunity to bid for more Government as a result of different restrictions perhaps occurring in and council contracts, but the current procurement different local government areas, is an important one, rules are too complex and inevitably favour big firms. and one that we are taking into account as we plan for Can my hon. Friend assure me that we will be using our these local elections. new freedom from EU procurement rules to deliver more commercial opportunities to innovative, dynamic Government Contracts: Small Businesses SMEs in Penistone and Stocksbridge? Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) Julia Lopez: Absolutely. I know that my hon. Friend, (Con): What steps the Government are taking to increase as someone who has run a business herself, understands opportunities for small businesses to bid for Government the bureaucratic frustrations that too many of her contracts. [912176] constituency businesses come up against. We want public buyers to divide contracts into more accessible lots and Miriam Cates (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Con): allow them to reserve contracts under a certain threshold What steps the Government are taking to increase for small, innovative firms. Weare also pushing ambitious opportunities for small businesses to bid for Government targets on prompt payment, and we aim to simplify the contracts. [912179] bidding process so that it does not favour big firms, which inevitably have greater resources to devote to Danny Kruger (Devizes) (Con): What steps he is form-filling and box-ticking. taking to reform Government procurement to boost (a) local growth and (b) the small and medium-sized enterprises Danny Kruger [V]: I welcome the recent Green Paper sector. [912195] setting out the freedoms that the UK now enjoys to create a new framework for public procurement, including Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) (Con): What steps the a new exceptional power for public bodies to commission Government are taking to increase opportunities for for wider public benefit. Does my hon. Friend agree small businesses to bid for Government contracts. that we need to go further and make this exception the [912202] norm, ensuring more joined-up services and better overall outcomes for the public? Otherwise, we will be getting The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Julia only half the Brexit dividend that we could in the field Lopez): The UK spends £290 billion on public procurement of procurement, with freedoms but not the actual each year. Now that we have left the EU transition implementation. period, we aim to make it simpler, quicker and cheaper for small and medium-sized enterprises and social Julia Lopez: My hon. Friend is quite right. Our enterprises to bid for Government contracts, as set out proposed procurement reforms will not in themselves in our ambitious procurement Green Paper. We have deliver change unless commercial teams across the public already introduced a policy that will allow below-threshold sector actually understand how to deploy them to greatest contracts to be reserved for smaller UK suppliers, and effect. That is why we are introducing a programme of we hope our new approach to social value will secure training for contracting authorities. On the matter of wider public benefit by allowing us to contract with wider public benefit, I refer him to our social value firms that deliver more apprenticeships, local growth model.
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