5. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Update on the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:58 pm on 14 September 2021.

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Photo of Hannah Blythyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 4:58, 14 September 2021

I thank the Member for getting the question in at the eleventh hour. It's a really key question in terms of actually making sure that we don't impact on things when we know that there's value there already. And like I said in the statement, there'll be more work to follow that sits in the broader opportunities of procurement reform, as we align ourselves in terms of the process with UK Government and actually how we can look at that across the piece. So, I know that my colleague the Minister for Finance and Local Government will be providing further updates on that. But we're very mindful that, like I said before, we don't want to create extra bureaucracy and we don't want to duplicate; we want to complement, enhance and make sure that it all fits together in much better ways in the future.