The UK Government's Trade Bill

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 6 December 2017.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:33, 6 December 2017

Llywydd, I have announced a review of the national procurement service, partly to make sure that some of the things that were aimed for when it was established can be better delivered, but also to make sure that our approach to procurement is aligned with some opportunities that there may be the other side of the European Union. This is one of the few areas where there may be some new opportunities for us, when we are able to write our own rule book to a certain extent, rather than being bound by EU procurement policies. We've asked for that review to be undertaken. A very important part of that will be to make sure that our procurement policies in the future are even better aligned than they have been in the past, with opportunities for Welsh businesses to be able to take advantage of Welsh public expenditure.