Oral QuestionTreasury

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure Government procurement supports British businesses.

Tabled: 22 April 2026Answered: 28 April 2026

Asked by

Leigh Ingham

LabourStafford

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

We are reforming Government procurement rules so that we can buy more that is made in this country, and we have already changed the rules on steel, shipbuilding, energy infrastructure and artificial intelligence. But I do not just want big companies to be able to get contracts; I want to help smaller businesses and charities to access Government procurement. The Government are the biggest buyer of goods and services in the economy, and I want more of that money to be spent here in Britain.