Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“Whether she has had recent discussions with her Israeli counterpart on the Israeli government’s proscription of Palestinian civil society groups.”
Tabled: 30 August 2022Answered: 6 September 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mark Ferguson)
All Departments have set ambitious small and medium-sized enterprise spends, and we have strengthened late payment policy and are now making it easier for SMEs to bid by raising the threshold for when social value should be taken into account. This Government are determined to use public procurement to back small and medium-sized enterprises. I was pleased that the Federation of Small Businesses welcomed our social value changes over the summer.