Public Procurement

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 18 June 2019.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 2:18, 18 June 2019

Of course, the Welsh Government is a major procurer throughout the whole of Wales, and indeed the organisations that are responsible to the Welsh Government, and so you have a huge amount of influence. You mentioned earlier supply chain interventions; are you able to, or do you, indeed, issue guidance that gives a weighting to organisations so that they can actually give more marks towards, for example, a company that is local, and thereby help to contribute towards a reduction in our climate costs rather than just, say, always going for the cheapest? Because sometimes a slightly more expensive company that's just down the road would be of much greater benefit to the local economy, to the Government and to Wales as a whole.