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Local Government Procurement

Inquiry by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 15 July 2013 to 26 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 28 October 2013: Brian Reynolds, Head of Productivity, Local Government Association, Lorraine Cox, Head of Procurement, Halton Borough Council, and Julie Gill, Director of Resources, Cheshire West and Chester Council; Kerry Hallard, Chief Executive Officer, National Outsourcing Association, and Peter Challis, National Officer, Unison Local Government Services Group (at 5.15 pm).
  • 4 November 2013: Ed Walsh, Deputy Director, Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, Ian Taylor, Director, North East Procurement Organisation, and Mark Robinson, Chief Executive, Scape System Build Ltd; Alasdair Reisner, Director of External Affairs, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Alan Rogers, Business Development Director, KeepMoat, and Bola Abisogun, Chair, Procurement Group, Federation of Master Builders (at 5.15 pm).
  • 11 November 2013: Dr Elizabeth David Barrett, representing Transparency International, Paul Mallory, Vice President, International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, and Ian O'Donnell, Executive Director of Corporate Resources, London Borough of Ealing representing the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
  • 18 November 2013: Gordon Millward, Chair, South and East Yorkshire Region, Federation of Small Businesses, Stephen Williams, President, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, and Ian Drayton, Chair, Sheffield Third Sector Assembly; Simon Hill, Managing Director, and Paul Smith, Procurement and Supply Chain Director, Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation, Councillor Ian Saunders, Cabinet Adviser for Finance and Resources, and Barry Mellor, Director of Commercial Services, Sheffield City Council (at 2.30 pm).
  • 25 November 2013: Matthew Jackson, Associate Director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies, Richard Macfarlane, Consultant, representing the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and Oliver Henman, Head of Partnerships and International, National Council for Voluntary Organisations; Martin McTague, Chairman, Local Government Policy Unit, Federation of Small Businesses, Alun Rafique, Director, Market Dojo, and Dr Pedro Telles, University of Bangor (at 5.00 pm).
  • 2 December 2013: Keith Davis, Director, Cross-Government, National Audit Office, and Alan Bryce, Head of Counter Fraud and Mark Wardman, Senior Manager, Audit Commission (at 5.15 pm).
  • 16 December 2013: Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, and Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office.