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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 September 2026

Debate

Public/Private Partnerships

Contribution

My Lords, does my noble friend accept that where some PFI projects went wrong it was usually because the people negotiating the contract at the local level on behalf of the public sector did not have the expertise to do so effectively? However, as a result of public/private partnerships between 1997 and 2010 in the NHS, we built 100 new hospitals. I therefore ask my noble friend: can we expect to see, as a result of what the Chancellor has said today, a big expansion in capital expenditure with public/private partnerships?

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