Oral Question·Department for Education
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 6 October 2020Answered: 12 October 2020
Asked by
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Labour — Washington and Gateshead South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
Chris Ward
I absolutely do. As I have said previously, Britain should become Britain’s biggest customer. We have a procurement budget of £400 billion a year. In my opinion, we do not use that well enough to support British companies, but I am working with the Chancellor and colleagues across the Government to make sure that we do so in future.