Oral QuestionCabinet Office

What assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) supplier performance and (b) value for money achieved under Government contracts established in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

Tabled: 24 September 2020Answered: 1 October 2020

Asked by

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

Answering Minister

the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

Blair McDougall

The hon. Lady intervened on me to make a similar point in yesterday’s debate. She and her party knew that the transitional covid relief was coming to end and that revaluation was coming, because that had been agreed when the Conservatives were in Government. The difference with this Government is that we have put in more than £4 billion to cushion that transition. That shows our support for small businesses, versus them being thrown overboard by her party when they were in government.